Luke 2:16 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)
They came with haste and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
They came with haste and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And they came, having hurried, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the Baby lying in the manger,
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 they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger;
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
So they came with haste, and founde both Marie and Ioseph, and the babe laid in the cratch.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
They hurried there and found Mary and Joseph, and saw the baby lying in the manger.
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 they cam with haste and founde Mary and Ioseph and the babe layde in a manger.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,
FBV Free Bible Version
They hurried there and found Mary, Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
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 they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y fuéron apresurados, y halláron á María, y á Joseph, y al Niño echado en el pesebre.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y vinieron apriesa, y hallaron á María, y á José, y al niño acostado en el pesebre.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Fueron de prisa y encontraron a María y a José, y al niño acostado en el pesebre.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Y salieron aprisa, fueron y hallaron a María y José, y al Niño acostado en el pesebre.
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)
Se apresuraron y encontraron a María, a José y al bebé, el cual estaba acostado en el pesebre.
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)
Fueron de prisa y encontraron a María, a José y al niño acostado en el pesebre.
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 ἦλθον σπεύσαντες, καὶ ἀνεῦρον τήν τε Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ τὸ βρέφος κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και ηλθον σπευσαντες, και ανευρον την τε μαριαμ και τον ιωσηφ και το βρεφος κειμενον εν τη φατνη.
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 ἦλθον σπεύσαντες, καὶ ἀνεῦρον τήν τε Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσήφ, καὶ τὸ βρέφος κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και ηλθον σπευσαντεσ και ανευρον την τε μαριαμ και τον ιωσηφ και το βρεφοσ κειμενον εν τη φατνη
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ ἦλθαν σπεύσαντες, καὶ ἀνεῦραν τήν τε Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ τὸ βρέφος κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ·
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ ἦλθαν σπεύσαντες καὶ ἀνεῦραν τήν τε Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ τὸ βρέφος κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ·
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 venerunt festinantes: et invenerunt Mariam, et Joseph, et infantem positum in præsepio.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ прїидо́ша поспѣ́шшесѧ, и҆ ѡ҆брѣто́ша мр҃їа́мь же и҆ і҆ѡ́сифа, и҆ млⷣнца лежа́ща во ꙗ҆́слехъ.
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, поспешив, пришли и нашли Марию и Иосифа, и Младенца, лежащего в яслях.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και ήλθον μετά σπουδής και εύρον την τε Μαριάμ και τον Ιωσήφ και το βρέφος κείμενον εν τη φάτνη.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И дођоше брзо, и нађоше Марију и Јосифа и дете где лежи у јаслама.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I dođoše brzo, i nađoše Mariju i Josifa i dete gde leži u jaslama.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَجَاءُوا مُسْرِعِينَ، وَوَجَدُوا مَرْيَمَ وَيُوسُفَ وَٱلطِّفْلَ مُضْجَعًا فِي ٱلْمِذْوَدِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC