Verse Comparison: Mark 9:11
American Standard Version
And they asked him, saying, `How is it' that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
Amplified® Bible
And they asked Him, Why do the scribes say that it is necessary for Elijah to come first?
Contemporary English Version
The disciples asked Jesus, "Don't the teachers of the Law of Moses say that Elijah must come before the Messiah does?"
Darby English Version
And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?
Good News Bible
And they asked Jesus, "Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?"
International Standard Version
So they asked him, "Don't the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
King James Version
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
New American Standard Bible
They asked Him, saying, "{Why is it} that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
New International Version
And they asked him, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"
New King James Version
And they asked Him, saying, 'Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?'
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
They asked Him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
Young's Literal Translation
And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.