Luke 13:7

Luke 13:7 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

7So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

7And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Look! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

7so he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and have found none. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground [depleting the soil and blocking the sunlight]?’

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

7So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

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American Standard Version (ASV)

7And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

7Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, this three yeeres haue I come and sought fruite of this figge tree, and finde none: cut it downe: why keepeth it also the ground barren?

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

7He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down! Why does it waste the soil?’

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

7So he went to the man who took care of the vineyard. He said, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree. But I haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

7So he said to his gardener, “Look, for three years, I have hoped to find fruit on this tree. But I have never found any. So cut the tree down! I do not think that it should be here. It is wasting the ground.”

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

7and he said to the vinedresser, Behold, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig tree, and do not find [it], cut it off, why does it also render the ground useless?

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