Luke 11:54 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
lying in wait for Him and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, so that they might accuse Him.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
LSV Literal Standard Version
laying wait for Him, and seeking to catch something out of His mouth, that they might accuse Him.
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
watching him, [and seeking] to catch something out of his mouth, [that they might accuse him].
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catche some thing of his mouth, whereby they might accuse him.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
trying to trap him in his own words.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
layinge wayte for him and sekinge to catche somethinge of his mought wherby they might accuse him.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
FBV Free Bible Version
They were hoping to catch him out, trying to get him to say something they could use against him.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Armándole lazos, y procurando cazar de su boca alguna cosa para poderle acusar.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Acechándole, y procurando cazar algo de su boca para acusarle.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Lo que hacían era ponerle trampas para que dijera algo por lo que pudieran acusarlo.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Lo asechaban para atrapar algo que dijera.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Ellos esperaban atraparlo, tratando de que él dijera algo que pudieran usar contra él.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Lo acechaban, buscando atrapar alguna palabra de su boca para acusarlo.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
ἐνεδρεύοντες αὐτόν, ζητοῦντες θηρεῦσαί τι ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ, ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ενεδρευοντες αυτον, ζητουντες θηρευσαι τι εκ του στοματος αυτου, ινα κατηγορησωσιν αυτου.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
ἐνεδρεύοντες αὐτόν, καὶ ζητοῦντες θηρεῦσαί τι ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ, ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ενεδρευοντεσ αυτον ζητουντεσ θηρευσαι τι εκ του στοματοσ αυτου ινα κατηγορησωσιν αυτου
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἐνεδρεύοντες αὐτὸν θηρεῦσαί τι ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ἐνεδρεύοντες ⸀αὐτὸν θηρεῦσαί τι ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ⸀αὐτοῦ
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
insidiantes ei, et quærentes aliquid capere de ore ejus, ut accusarent eum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
ла́юще є҆го̀, и҆́щꙋще ᲂу҆лови́ти нѣ́что ѿ ᲂу҆́стъ є҆гѡ̀, да на́нь возглаго́лютъ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
подыскиваясь под Него и стараясь уловить что-нибудь из уст Его, чтобы обвинить Его.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
ενεδρεύοντες αυτόν και ζητούντες να αρπάσωσί τι από του στόματος αυτού, διά να κατηγορήσωσιν αυτόν.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
вребајући и пазећи на Њега не би ли шта уловили из уста Његових да Га окриве.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
vrebajući i pazeći na Njega ne bi li šta ulovili iz usta Njegovih da Ga okrive.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَهُمْ يُرَاقِبُونَهُ طَالِبِينَ أَنْ يَصْطَادُوا شَيْئًا مِنْ فَمِهِ لِكَيْ يَشْتَكُوا عَلَيْهِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC