Luke 2:15 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
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
And it came to pass, after the angels departed from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another: Let us go over to Bethlehem, and let us see this word that is come to pass, which the Lord hath shewed to us.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And it happened that, when the Angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us cross over to Bethlehem and see this word, which has happened, which the Lord has revealed to us.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
When the angels went away from them into the sky, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
When the angels went away from them into the sky, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said to one another, “We may indeed go over to Beth-Lehem and see this thing that has come to pass, that the LORD made known to us!”
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 it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And it came to pass, when the angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even to Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known to us.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And it came to passe whe the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, that the shepheards sayde one to another, Let vs goe then vnto Beth-leem, and see this thing that is come to passe which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
It came about that when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let us now go to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
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 it fortuned assone as the angels were gone awaye from them in to heven the shepherdes sayd one to another: let vs goo even vnto Bethleem and se this thynge that is hapened which the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, 'We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.'
FBV Free Bible Version
After the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let's go to Bethlehem and see what's happened concerning these things the Lord has told us about.”
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 when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y aconteció, que luego que los Angeles se retiráron de ellos al Cielo, los pastores se decían los unos á los otros: Pasemos hasta Bethlehém, y veamos esto, que ha acontecido, lo qual el Señor nos ha mostrado.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y aconteció que como los ángeles se fueron de ellos al cielo, los pastores dijeron los unos á los otros: Pasemos pues hasta Bethlehem, y veamos esto que ha sucedido, que el Señor nos ha manifestado.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Cuando los ángeles volvieron al cielo, los pastores se dijeron unos a otros: «Vamos a Belén, a ver esto que ha pasado y que el Señor nos ha anunciado».
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Sucedió que cuando los ángeles partieron de ellos al cielo, los pastores se decían unos a otros: Vayamos, pues, hasta Belén. Veamos esto que sucedió y que el Señor nos manifestó.
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)
Después que los ángeles se fueron y regresaron al cielo, los pastores se dijeron unos a otros: “¡Vayamos a Belén! Veamos qué ha ocurrido sobre lo que el Señor nos ha dicho”.
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)
Cuando los ángeles se fueron de ellos al cielo, los pastores se decían unos a otros: Vamos ahora a Belén y veamos esto que ha sucedido, y que el Señor nos ha dado a conocer.
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 ἐγένετο ὡς ἀπῆλθον ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν οἱ ἄγγελοι, καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ποιμένες εἶπον πρὸς ἀλλήλους· διέλθωμεν δὴ ἕως Βηθλεὲμ καὶ ἴδωμεν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τὸ γεγονός, ὃ ὁ Κύριος ἐγνώρισεν ἡμῖν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και εγενετο ως απηλθον απ αυτων εις τον ουρανον οι αγγελοι, και οι ανθρωποι οι ποιμενες ειπον προς αλληλους· διελθωμεν δη εως βηθλεεμ και ιδωμεν το ρημα τουτο το γεγονος, ο ο κυριος εγνωρισεν ημιν.
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 ἐγένετο, ὡς ἀπῆλθον ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν οἱ ἄγγελοι, καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ποιμένες εἶπον πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Διέλθωμεν δὴ ἕως Βηθλέεμ, καὶ ἴδωμεν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τὸ γεγονός, ὃ ὁ Κύριος ἐγνώρισεν ἡμῖν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και εγενετο ωσ απηλθον απ αυτων εισ τον ουρανον οι αγγελοι και οι ανθρωποι οι ποιμενεσ ειπον προσ αλληλουσ διελθωμεν δη εωσ βηθλεεμ και ιδωμεν το ρημα τουτο το γεγονοσ ο ο κυριοσ εγνωρισεν ημιν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἀπῆλθον ἀπ’ αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν οἱ ἄγγελοι, οἱ ποιμένες ἐλάλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους Διέλθωμεν δὴ ἕως Βηθλεὲμ καὶ ἴδωμεν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τὸ γεγονὸς ὃ ὁ Κύριος ἐγνώρισεν ἡμῖν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἀπῆλθον ἀπʼ αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν οἱ ἄγγελοι, ⸀οἱ ποιμένες ⸀ἐλάλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους· Διέλθωμεν δὴ ἕως Βηθλέεμ καὶ ἴδωμεν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τὸ γεγονὸς ὃ ὁ κύριος ἐγνώρισεν ἡμῖν.
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 factum est, ut discesserunt ab eis angeli in cælum: pastores loquebantur ad invicem: Transeamus usque Bethlehem, et videamus hoc verbum, quod factum est, quod Dominus ostendit nobis.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ бы́сть, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿидо́ша ѿ ни́хъ на не́бо а҆́гг҃ли, и҆ человѣ́цы па́стырїе рѣ́ша дрꙋ́гъ ко дрꙋ́гꙋ: пре́йдемъ до виѳлее́ма и҆ ви́димъ гл҃го́лъ се́й бы́вшїй, є҆го́же гдⷭ҇ь сказа̀ на́мъ.
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)
Когда Ангелы отошли от них на небо, пастухи сказали друг другу: пойдем в Вифлеем и посмотрим, что там случилось, о чем возвестил нам Господь.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και καθώς οι άγγελοι ανεχώρησαν απ' αυτών εις τον ουρανόν, οι άνθρωποι οι ποιμένες είπον προς αλλήλους. Ας υπάγωμεν λοιπόν έως Βηθλεέμ και ας ίδωμεν το πράγμα τούτο το γεγονός, το οποίον ο Κύριος εφανέρωσεν εις ημάς.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И кад анђели отидоше од њих на небо, пастири говораху један другом: Хајдемо до Витлејема, да видимо то што се тамо догодило шта нам каза Господ.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I kad anđeli otidoše od njih na nebo, pastiri govorahu jedan drugom: Hajdemo do Vitlejema, da vidimo to što se tamo dogodilo šta nam kaza Gospod.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَلَمَّا مَضَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْمَلَائِكَةُ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ، قَالَ ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلرُّعَاةُ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «لِنَذْهَبِ ٱلْآنَ إِلَى بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ وَنَنْظُرْ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ ٱلْوَاقِعَ ٱلَّذِي أَعْلَمَنَا بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC