John 11:39

WEB

³⁹Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”

KJV

³⁹Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

BSB

³⁹“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”

FBV

³⁹“Remove the stone,” Jesus told them. But Martha, the dead man's sister, said, “Lord, by now there will be a terrible smell, for he's been dead for four days.”

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Extra References

John 11:17

¹⁷So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

Psalms 49:7

⁷none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

Mark 16:3

³They were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?”

Philippians 3:21

²¹who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

Genesis 3:19

¹⁹You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”

Psalms 49:9

⁹that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

Acts 2:27

²⁷because you will not leave my soul in Hades,^[+] neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

Genesis 23:4

⁴“I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

Acts 13:36

³⁶For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

Psalms 49:14

¹⁴They are appointed as a flock for Sheol.Death ^[+] shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol,far from ^[+] their mansion.