Luke 2:23 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
As it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord:
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “For every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord,”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),
MSB Majority Standard Bible
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
BSB Berean Standard Bible
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),
LSV Literal Standard Version
as it has been written in the Law of the LORD: “Every male opening a womb will be called holy to the LORD,”
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
(as it is written in the law of [the] Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that is the first born of his mother shall be called holy to the Lord)
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
(As it is written in the Lawe of the Lord, Euery man childe that first openeth ye wombe, shalbe called holy to the Lord)
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
As it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb will be set apart to the Lord.”
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)
(as that is written in the lawe of the Lorde: every man that fyrst openeth the matrix shalbe called holy to the Lorde)
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
as it hath been written in the Law of the Lord, — 'Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord,'
FBV Free Bible Version
as the law of the Lord states, “Every firstborn son must be dedicated to the Lord.”
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
(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Como está escrito en la Ley del Señor: Que todo macho que abriere matriz, será consagrado al Señor.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
(Como está escrito en la ley del Señor: Todo varón que abriere la matriz, será llamado santo al Señor),
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Así lo hicieron para cumplir con la ley del Señor, que dice: «Siempre que el primer hijo sea varón, deberán dedicárselo al Señor».
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
como está escrito en [la] Ley del Señor: Todo varón que abre matriz se llamará santo para el Señor,
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)
tal como lo establece la ley del Señor: “Todo hijo primogénito debe ser dedicado al Señor”.
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)
como está escrito en la Ley del Señor: Todo primer hijo varón será consagrado al Señor.
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)
καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου ὅτι πᾶν ἄρσεν διανοῖγον μήτραν ἅγιον τῷ Κυρίῳ κληθήσεται,
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
καθως γεγραπται εν νομω κυριου οτι παν αρσεν διανοιγον μητραν αγιον τω κυριω κληθησεται,
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)
καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου ὅτι Πᾶν ἄρσεν διανοῖγον μήτραν ἅγιον τῷ Κυρίῳ κληθήσεται —
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
καθωσ γεγραπται εν νομω κυριου οτι παν αρσεν διανοιγον μητραν αγιον τω κυριω κληθησεται
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου ὅτι Πᾶν ἄρσεν διανοῖγον μήτραν ἅγιον τῷ Κυρίῳ κληθήσεται,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν νόμῳ κυρίου ὅτι Πᾶν ἄρσεν διανοῖγον μήτραν ἅγιον τῷ κυρίῳ κληθήσεται,
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
sicut scriptum est in lege Domini: Quia omne masculinum adaperiens vulvam, sanctum Domino vocabitur:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
ꙗ҆́коже є҆́сть пи́сано въ зако́нѣ гдⷭ҇ни: ꙗ҆́кѡ всѧ́къ младе́нецъ мꙋ́жеска по́лꙋ, разверза́ѧ ложесна̀, ст҃о гдⷭ҇еви нарече́тсѧ:
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)
как предписано в законе Господнем, чтобы всякий младенец мужеского пола, разверзающий ложесна, был посвящен Господу,
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
καθώς είναι γεγραμμένον εν τω νόμω του Κυρίου, ότι παν αρσενικόν διανοίγον μήτραν θέλει κληθή άγιον εις τον Κύριον,
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
(као што је написано у закону Господњем: Да се свако дете мушко које најпре отвори материцу посвети Господу;)
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
(kao što je napisano u zakonu Gospodnjem: Da se svako dete muško koje najpre otvori matericu posveti Gospodu;)
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي نَامُوسِ ٱلرَّبِّ: أَنَّ كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ فَاتِحَ رَحِمٍ يُدْعَى قُدُّوسًا لِلرَّبِّ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC