Luke 2:26 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 he had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And he had received an answer from the Holy Spirit: that he would not see his own death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and it has been divinely told him by the Holy Spirit—not to see death before he may see the Christ of 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
And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see [the] Lord's Christ.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And it was revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And it was declared to him from God by the holy Ghost, that he shoulde not see death, before he had seene that Anointed of the Lord.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
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 an answer was geven him of the holy goost that he shulde not se deethe before he had sene the lordes Christ.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and it hath been divinely told him by the Holy Spirit — not to see death before he may see the Christ of the Lord.
FBV Free Bible Version
The Holy Spirit had shown him that he would not die before he saw the Lord's Messiah.
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 he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y habia recibido respuesta del Espíritu Santo, que él no vería la muerte, sin ver antes al Christo del Señor,
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y había recibido respuesta del Espíritu Santo, que no vería la muerte antes que viese al Cristo del Señor.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
y le había hecho saber que no moriría sin antes ver al Cristo del Señor.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Quien le reveló que no moriría antes que viera al Cristo del 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)
El Espíritu Santo le había mostrado que no moriría sin haber visto al Mesías del 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)
El Espíritu Santo le había revelado que no moriría antes de ver al Cristo del 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)
καὶ ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ Ἁγίου μὴ ἰδεῖν θάνατον πρὶν ἢ ἴδῃ τὸν Χριστὸν Κυρίου.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και ην αυτω κεχρηματισμενον υπο του πνευματος του αγιου μη ιδειν θανατον πριν η ιδη τον χριστον κυριου.
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 ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου, μὴ ἰδεῖν θάνατον πρὶν ἢ ἴδῃ τὸν Χριστὸν Κυρίου.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και ην αυτω κεχρηματισμενον υπο του πνευματοσ του αγιου μη ιδειν θανατον πριν η ιδη τον χριστον κυριου
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ Ἁγίου μὴ ἰδεῖν θάνατον πρὶν ἢ ἂν ἴδῃ τὸν Χριστὸν Κυρίου.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου μὴ ἰδεῖν θάνατον πρὶν ⸂ἢ ἂν ἴδῃ τὸν χριστὸν κυρίου.
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 responsum acceperat a Spiritu Sancto, non visurum se mortem, nisi prius videret Christum Domini.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ бѣ̀ є҆мꙋ̀ ѡ҆бѣща́нно дх҃омъ ст҃ы́мъ, не ви́дѣти сме́рти, пре́жде да́же не ви́дитъ хрⷭ҇та̀ гдⷭ҇нѧ.
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)
Ему было предсказано Духом Святым, что он не увидит смерти, доколе не увидит Христа Господня.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
και ήτο εις αυτόν αποκεκαλυμμένον υπό του Πνεύματος του Αγίου ότι δεν θέλει ιδεί θάνατον, πριν ίδη τον Χριστόν του Κυρίου.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И њему беше Свети Дух казао да неће видети смрт док не види Христа Господњег.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I njemu beše Sveti Duh kazao da neće videti smrt dok ne vidi Hrista Gospodnjeg.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَكَانَ قَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِ بِٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ أَنَّهُ لَا يَرَى ٱلْمَوْتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرَى مَسِيحَ ٱلرَّبِّ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC