Luke 2:20 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 the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God, for all the things they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told to them.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken to them.
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 the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said to them.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told to them.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And the shepheardes returned glorifiyng and praising God, for all that they had heard and seene as it was spoken vnto them.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for everything that they had heard and seen, just as it had been spoken to them.
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 the shepherdes retourned praysinge and laudinge God for all that they had herde and sene evyn as it was told vnto them.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.
FBV Free Bible Version
The shepherds went back to watching their flocks, glorifying and thanking God for all that they'd heard and seen, for it was just as they'd been told.
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
Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y se volvieron los pastores glorificando y loando á Dios por todas las cosas, que habían oído y visto, así como les había sido dicho.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y se volvieron los pastores glorificando y alabando á Dios de todas las cosas que habían oído y visto, como les había sido dicho.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Los pastores regresaron dando la gloria a Dios y alabándolo por lo que habían visto y oído. Todo sucedió tal como se les había dicho.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Los pastores regresaron. Glorificaban y alababan a Dios por todo lo que oyeron y vieron, como se les dijo.
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)
Los pastores regresaron a cuidar de sus rebaños, glorificando y agradeciendo a Dios por todo lo que habían visto y oído, pues sucedió tal como se les había 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)
Los pastores volvieron glorificando y alabando a Dios por todo lo que habían oído y visto, tal como se les había dicho.
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 ὑπέστρεψαν οἱ ποιμένες δοξάζοντες καὶ αἰνοῦντες τὸν Θεὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἷς ἤκουσαν καὶ εἶδον καθὼς ἐλαλήθη πρὸς αὐτούς.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και υπεστρεψαν οι ποιμενες δοξαζοντες και αινουντες τον θεον επι πασιν οις ηκουσαν και ειδον καθως ελαληθη προς αυτους.
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 ἐπέστρεψαν οἱ ποιμένες, δοξάζοντες καὶ αἰνοῦντες τὸν Θεὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἷς ἤκουσαν καὶ εἶδον, καθὼς ἐλαλήθη πρὸς αὐτούς.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και υπεστρεψαν οι ποιμενεσ δοξαζοντεσ και αινουντεσ τον θεον επι πασιν οισ ηκουσαν και ειδον καθωσ ελαληθη προσ αυτουσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ ὑπέστρεψαν οἱ ποιμένες δοξάζοντες καὶ αἰνοῦντες τὸν Θεὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἷς ἤκουσαν καὶ εἶδον καθὼς ἐλαλήθη πρὸς αὐτούς.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ ὑπέστρεψαν οἱ ποιμένες δοξάζοντες καὶ αἰνοῦντες τὸν θεὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἷς ἤκουσαν καὶ εἶδον καθὼς ἐλαλήθη πρὸς αὐτούς.
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 reversi sunt pastores glorificantes et laudantes Deum in omnibus quæ audierant et viderant, sicut dictum est ad illos.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ возврати́шасѧ па́стырїе, сла́вѧще и҆ хва́лѧще бг҃а ѡ҆ всѣ́хъ, ꙗ҆̀же слы́шаша и҆ ви́дѣша, ꙗ҆́коже глаго́лано бы́сть къ ни̑мъ.
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 возвратились пастухи, славя и хваля Бога за все то, что слышали и видели, как им сказано было.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και υπέστρεψαν οι ποιμένες, δοξάζοντες και υμνούντες τον Θεόν διά πάντα όσα ήκουσαν και είδον, καθώς ελαλήθησαν προς αυτούς.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И вратише се пастири славећи и хвалећи Бога за све што чуше и видеше, као што им би казано.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I vratiše se pastiri slaveći i hvaleći Boga za sve što čuše i videše, kao što im bi kazano.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
ثُمَّ رَجَعَ ٱلرُّعَاةُ وَهُمْ يُمَجِّدُونَ ٱللهَ وَيُسَبِّحُونَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَا سَمِعُوهُ وَرَأَوْهُ كَمَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC