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Mark 9:11
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KJ21
And they asked Him, saying, “Why say the scribes that first Elijah must come?”
ASV
And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
AMP
They asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first [before the Messiah comes]?”
AMPC
And they asked Him, Why do the scribes say that it is necessary for Elijah to come first?
BRG
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
CSB
Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
CSBA
Then they asked him, ‘Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? ’
CEB
They asked Jesus, “Why do the legal experts say that Elijah must come first?”
CJB
They also asked him, “Why do the Torah-teachers say that Eliyahu has to come first?”
CEV
The disciples asked Jesus, “Don't the teachers of the Law of Moses say that Elijah must come before the Messiah does?”
DARBY
And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?
DLNT
And they were questioning Him, saying “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
DRA
Who answering, said to them: Elias, when he shall come first, shall restore all things; and as it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things and be despised.
ERV
They asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”
EASY
Then the three disciples asked Jesus, ‘Why do the teachers of God's Law say that God's prophet Elijah must return first, before the Messiah comes?’
EHV
They asked him, “Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”
ESV
And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
ESVUK
And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
EXB
Then they asked Jesus, “Why do the ·teachers of the law [scribes] say that Elijah must come first [Mal. 3:1; 4:5]?”
GNV
Also they asked him, saying, Why say the Scribes, that Elijah must first come?
GW
So they asked him, “Don’t the experts in Moses’ Teachings say that Elijah must come first?”
GNT
And they asked Jesus, “Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?”
HCSB
Then they began to question Him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
ICB
They asked Jesus, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”
ISV
So they asked him, “Don’t the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
PHILLIPS
Then, quite suddenly they looked all round them and saw nobody at all with them but Jesus. And as they came down the hill-side, he warned them not to tell anybody what they had seen till “the Son of Man should have risen again from the dead”. They treasured this remark and tried to puzzle out among themselves what “Rising from the dead” could mean. Then they asked him this question, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come before Christ?”
JUB
And they asked him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
KJV
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
AKJV
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
LSB
And they began asking Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
LEB
And they asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
TLB
Now they began asking him about something the Jewish religious leaders often spoke of, that Elijah must return before the Messiah could come.
MSG
Meanwhile they were asking, “Why do the religion scholars say that Elijah has to come first?”
MEV
And they asked Him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must first come?”
MOUNCE
And they asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say, ‘Elijah must come first’?”
NOG
So they asked him, “Don’t the experts in Moses’ Teachings say that Elijah must come first?”
NABRE
Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
NASB
And they asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
NASB1995
They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
NCB
And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
NCV
Then they asked Jesus, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”
NET
Then they asked him, “Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”
NIRV
Then they asked Jesus, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah has to come first?”
NIV
And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”
NIVUK
And they asked him, ‘Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?’
NKJV
And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
NLV
They asked Jesus, “Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah must come first?”
NLT
Then they asked him, “Why do the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes?”
NMB
And they asked him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
NRSVA
Then they asked him, ‘Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?’
NRSVACE
Then they asked him, ‘Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?’
NRSVCE
Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
NRSVUE
Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
NTFE
“Why then,” they asked him, “do the legal experts say ‘Elijah must come first’?”
OJB
And they were questioning him, saying, Why is it that the Sofrim (Scribes) say it is necessary for Eliyahu Hanavi to come rishonah (first)?
RGT
Also they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
RSV
And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Eli′jah must come?”
RSVCE
And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Eli′jah must come?”
TLV
And they questioned Him, saying, “Why do the Torah scholars say that Elijah must come first?”
VOICE
(to Jesus) Master, why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
WEB
They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
WE
Then they asked Jesus, `Why do the scribes [who know all about the holy writings] say that first Elijah must come?'
WYC
And they asked him, and said [saying], What then say [the] Pharisees and [the] scribes, that it behooveth Elias to come first.
YLT
And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.
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