Luke 2:37 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 she was a widow until fourscore and four years; who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and day.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And then she was a widow, even to her eighty-fourth year. And without departing from the temple, she was a servant to fasting and prayer, night and day.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And she [was] a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served [God] with fastings and prayers night and day.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
and she had been a widow even for fourscore and four years), which departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and she [is] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, serving with fasts and supplications, night and day,
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 herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers;
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And she [was] a widow of about eighty four years, who departed not from the temple, but served [God] with fastings and prayers night and day.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And she was widowe about foure score and foure yeeres, and went not out of the Temple, but serued God with fastings and prayers, night and day.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
and was a widow for eighty-four years. She never left the temple but was serving with fastings and prayers, night and day.
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 she had bene a wedowe aboute .iiii. scoore and .iiii. yere which went never oute of the temple but served God with fastinge and prayer nyght and daye.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and she [is] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,
FBV Free Bible Version
and then she had been widowed. She was eighty-four years old. She spent her time at the Temple in worship, fasting and praying.
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Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y ésta era viuda, como de ochenta y cuatro años: que no se apartaba del templo, sirviendo día y noche en ayunos y oraciones.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y era viuda de hasta ochenta y cuatro años, que no se apartaba del templo, sirviendo de noche y de día con ayunos y oraciones.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
pero entonces quedó viuda y ahora ya tenía ochenta y cuatro años de edad. Nunca salía del templo; se pasaba noche y día adorando a Dios con ayunos y oraciones.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Era viuda durante 84 años. No se alejaba del Templo y servía noche y día con ayunos y conversaciones con Dios.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
y luego quedó viuda. Tenía ochenta y cuatro años de edad. Pasaba el tiempo adorando en el Templo, ayunando y orando.
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)
y era viuda de ochenta y cuatro años. No se apartaba del templo, sino que servía a Dios noche y día con ayunos y oraciones.
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 αὐτὴ χήρα ὡς ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τεσσάρων, ἣ οὐκ ἀφίστατο ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσι λατρεύουσα νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν·
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και αυτη χηρα ως ετων ογδοηκοντα τεσσαρων, η ουκ αφιστατο απο του ιερου νηστειαις και δεησεσιν λατρευουσα νυκτα και ημεραν·
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 αὕτη χήρα ὡς ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τεσσάρων — ἣ οὐκ ἀφίστατο ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσι λατρεύουσα νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και αυτη χηρα ωσ ετων ογδοηκοντα τεσσαρων η ουκ αφιστατο απο του ιερου νηστειαισ και δεησεσιν λατρευουσα νυκτα και ημεραν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ αὐτὴ χήρα ἕως ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τεσσάρων, ἣ οὐκ ἀφίστατο τοῦ ἱεροῦ νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσιν λατρεύουσα νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ αὐτὴ χήρα ⸀ἕως ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τεσσάρων,) ἣ οὐκ ⸀ἀφίστατο τοῦ ἱεροῦ νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσιν λατρεύουσα νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν.
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 hæc vidua usque ad annos octoginta quatuor: quæ non discedebat de templo, jejuniis et obsecrationibus serviens nocte ac die.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
и҆ та̀ вдова̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ лѣ́тъ ѻ҆́смьдесѧтъ и҆ четы́ре, ꙗ҆́же не ѿхожда́ше ѿ це́ркве, посто́мъ и҆ моли́твами слꙋжа́щи де́нь и҆ но́щь.
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)
вдова лет восьмидесяти четырех, которая не отходила от храма, постом и молитвою служа Богу день и ночь.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
και αύτη ήτο χήρα ως ετών ογδοήκοντα τεσσάρων, ήτις δεν απεμακρύνετο από του ιερού, νύκτα και ημέραν λατρεύουσα τον Θεόν εν νηστείαις και προσευχαίς·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
и удова око осамдесет и четири године, која не одлажаше од цркве, и служаше Богу дан и ноћ постом и молитвама.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
i udova oko osamdeset i četiri godine, koja ne odlažaše od crkve, i služaše Bogu dan i noć postom i molitvama.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَهِيَ أَرْمَلَةٌ نَحْوَ أَرْبَعٍ وَثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً، لَا تُفَارِقُ ٱلْهَيْكَلَ، عَابِدَةً بِأَصْوَامٍ وَطَلِبَاتٍ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC