Luke 2:28 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)
then he received him into his arms and blessed God, and said,
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
then he received him into his arms and blessed God, and said,
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
LSV Literal Standard Version
then he took Him in his arms, and blessed God, and he said,
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
he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Then he took him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Then hee tooke him in his armes, and praised God, and sayd,
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
he took him into his arms and praised God and he said,
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)
then toke he him vp in his armes and sayde.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
then he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and he said,
FBV Free Bible Version
Simeon took Jesus in his arms, thanked God, and said,
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 he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Entónces él lo tomó en sus brazos, y bendixo á Dios, y dixo:
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces él le tomó en sus brazos, y bendijo á Dios, y dijo:
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Simeón lo tomó en sus brazos y alabó a Dios, diciendo:
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
él también lo tomó en sus brazos. Bendijo a Dios:
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)
Simeón tomó a Jesús en sus brazos, dio gracias a Dios, y dijo:
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)
Simeón lo tomó en sus brazos, alabó a Dios y dijo:
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 αὐτὸς ἐδέξατο αὐτὸν εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας αὐτοῦ καὶ εὐλόγησε τὸν Θεὸν καὶ εἶπε·
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και αυτος εδεξατο αυτον εις τας αγκαλας αυτου και ευλογησεν τον θεον και ειπεν·
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 αὐτὸς ἐδέξατο αὐτὸ εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὐλόγησε τὸν Θεόν, καὶ εἶπε,
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και αυτοσ εδεξατο αυτο εισ τασ αγκαλασ αυτου και ευλογησεν τον θεον και ειπεν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ αὐτὸς ἐδέξατο αὐτὸ εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας καὶ εὐλόγησεν τὸν Θεὸν καὶ εἶπεν
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ αὐτὸς ἐδέξατο αὐτὸ εἰς τὰς ⸀ἀγκάλας καὶ εὐλόγησεν τὸν θεὸν καὶ εἶπεν·
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 ipse accepit eum in ulnas suas: et benedixit Deum, et dixit:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
и҆ то́й прїе́мь є҆го̀ на рꙋкꙋ̀ своє́ю, и҆ бл҃гословѝ бг҃а, и҆ речѐ:
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)
он взял Его на руки, благословил Бога и сказал:
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
αυτός εδέχθη αυτό εις τας αγκάλας αυτού και ευλόγησε τον Θεόν και είπε·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
и он Га узе на руке своје, и хвали Бога и рече:
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
i on Ga uze na ruke svoje, i hvali Boga i reče:
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
أَخَذَهُ عَلَى ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَبَارَكَ ٱللهَ وَقَالَ:
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC