Luke 11:34
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is single, your whole body also is full of light; but when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
American King James Version (AKJV)
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is single, your whole body also is full of light; but when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.
Webster's Revision
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thy eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thy eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
World English Bible
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
English Revised Version (ERV)
The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Definitions for Luke 11:34
Clarke's Luke 11:34 Bible Commentary
The light of the body is the eye - Or, the eye is the lamp of the body. See on Matthew 6:22 (note), etc.
The 35th and 36th verses are wanting in some MSS., and are variously read in others.
Wesley's Luke 11:34 Bible Commentary
11:34 But when thine eye is evil - When thou aimest at any thing else, thou wilt be full of folly, sin, and misery. On the contrary, Matthew 6:22 .
