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Luke 5:5–6

And Simon answered, “Master, zwe toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, athey enclosed a large number of fish, and atheir nets were breaking.

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Luke 5:5–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.

Luke 5:5–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

Luke 5:5–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“Master,” Simon replied, “we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if you say so, I’ll let the nets down again.” And this time their nets were so full of fish they began to tear!

Luke 5:5–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking.

Luke 5:5–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

Simon answered, “Master, we worked hard all night trying to catch fish, and we caught nothing. But you say to put the nets in the water, so I will.” When the fishermen did as Jesus told them, they caught so many fish that the nets began to break.

Luke 5:5–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And Simon answered and said, Master, we toiled all night, and took nothing: but at thy word I will let down the nets. And when they had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their nets were breaking;

Luke 5:5–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And Simon answering said to him, Master, having laboured through the whole night we have taken nothing, but at thy word I will let down the net. And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes. And their net broke.

Luke 5:5–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Simon answered, “Teacher, we worked hard all night and caught nothing. But if you say so, I’ll lower the nets.” 

After the men had done this, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.

Luke 5:5–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

“Master,” Simon replied, “we’ve worked hard all night long and caught nothing! But at Your word, I’ll let down the nets.”

When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets began to tear.

Luke 5:5–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Simon answered, “Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.” When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to break.

Luke 5:5–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And Simon answered and said, “Master, although we worked hard through the whole night, we caught nothing. But at your word I will let down the nets.” And when they did this, they caught a very large number of fish, and their nets began to tear.

Luke 5:5–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

When they had done so, they caught a large number of fish. There were so many that their nets began to break.

Luke 5:5–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”

When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break;


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