Luke 2:13 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)
Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God and saying,
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God and saying,
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
MSB Majority Standard Bible
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
LSV Literal Standard Version
And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying,
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
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And straightway there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers, praising God, and saying,
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Suddenly there was together with the angel a great, heavenly army praising God and saying,
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)
And streight waye ther was with the angell a multitude of hevenly sowdiers laudynge God and sayinge:
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying,
FBV Free Bible Version
Suddenly many heavenly beings appeared, praising God, saying,
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 suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y súbitamente apareció con el Angel una tropa numerosa dé la milicia celestial, que alababan á Dios, y decían:
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y repentinamente fué con el ángel una multitud de los ejércitos celestiales, que alababan á Dios, y decían:
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
De repente aparecieron muchos ángeles del cielo que alababan a Dios y decían:
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Repentinamente apareció con el ángel una multitud de la hueste celestial que alababa a Dios, y decía:
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)
De repente aparecieron muchos seres celestiales, alabando a Dios, y diciendo:
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)
De repente apareció con el ángel una multitud del ejército celestial, alabando a Dios y diciendo:
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)
καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἐγένετο σὺν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου αἰνούντων τὸν Θεὸν καὶ λεγόντων·
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και εξαιφνης εγενετο συν τω αγγελω πληθος στρατιας ουρανιου αινουντων τον θεον και λεγοντων·
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)
Καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἐγένετο σὺν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου, αἰνούντων τὸν Θεόν, καὶ λεγόντων,
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και εξαιφνησ εγενετο συν τω αγγελω πληθοσ στρατιασ ουρανιου αινουντων τον θεον και λεγοντων
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἐγένετο σὺν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου αἰνούντων τὸν Θεὸν καὶ λεγόντων
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἐγένετο σὺν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς ⸀οὐρανίου αἰνούντων τὸν θεὸν καὶ λεγόντων·
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
Et subito facta est cum angelo multitudo militiæ cælestis laudantium Deum, et dicentium:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ внеза́пꙋ бы́сть со а҆́гг҃ломъ мно́жество вѡ́й нбⷭ҇ныхъ, хва́лѧщихъ бг҃а и҆ глаго́лющихъ:
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)
И внезапно явилось с Ангелом многочисленное воинство небесное, славящее Бога и взывающее:
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και εξαίφνης μετά του αγγέλου εφάνη πλήθος στρατιάς ουρανίου υμνούντων τον Θεόν και λεγόντων·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И уједанпут постаде с анђелом мноштво војника небеских, који хваљаху Бога говорећи:
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I ujedanput postade s anđelom mnoštvo vojnika nebeskih, koji hvaljahu Boga govoreći:
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَظَهَرَ بَغْتَةً مَعَ ٱلْمَلَاكِ جُمْهُورٌ مِنَ ٱلْجُنْدِ ٱلسَّمَاوِيِّ مُسَبِّحِينَ ٱللهَ وَقَائِلِينَ:
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC