Luke 2:40 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)
The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
And the Child grew and became strong in spirit. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and the Child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on Him.
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 child grew and waxed strong [in spirit], filled with wisdom, and God's grace was upon him.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And the childe grewe, and waxed strong in Spirit, and was filled with wisedome, and the grace of God was with him.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
The child grew and became strong, increasing in wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
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 chylde grewe and wexed stronde in sprete and was filled with wysdome and the grace of God was with hym.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
FBV Free Bible Version
The child grew strong, and was very wise. God's blessing was with him.
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 the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y el Niño crecia, y se fortificaba, estando lleno de sabiduría: y la gracia de Dios era en él.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y el niño crecía, y fortalecíase, y se henchía de sabiduría; y la gracia de Dios era sobre él.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
El niño crecía y se fortalecía; se llenaba de sabiduría y Dios lo favorecía.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
El Niño crecía y se fortalecía. Se llenaba de sabiduría y [la] gracia de Dios estaba sobre Él.
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 niño crecía y se fortalecía, y era muy sabio. Y la bendición de Dios estaba con él.
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 niño crecía y se fortalecía en espíritu. Estaba lleno de sabiduría, y la gracia de Dios estaba sobre él.
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)
Τὸ δὲ παιδίον ηὔξανε καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο πνεύματι πληρούμενον σοφίας, καὶ χάρις Θεοῦ ἦν ἐπ᾽ αὐτό.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
το δε παιδιον ηυξανεν και εκραταιουτο πνευματι πληρουμενον σοφιας, και χαρις θεου ην επ αυτο.
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)
Τὸ δὲ παιδίον ηὔξανε, καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο πνεύματι, πληρούμενον σοφίας· καὶ χάρις Θεοῦ ἦν ἐπ᾿ αὐτό.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
το δε παιδιον ηυξανεν και εκραταιουτο πνευματι πληρουμενον σοφιασ και χαρισ θεου ην επ αυτο
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Τὸ δὲ παιδίον ηὔξανεν καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο πληρούμενον σοφίᾳ, καὶ χάρις Θεοῦ ἦν ἐπ’ αὐτό.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Τὸ δὲ παιδίον ηὔξανεν καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο ⸂πληρούμενον σοφίᾳ, καὶ χάρις θεοῦ ἦν ἐπʼ αὐτό.
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
Puer autem crescebat, et confortabatur plenus sapientia: et gratia Dei erat in illo.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ѻ҆троча́ же растѧ́ше и҆ крѣплѧ́шесѧ дх҃омъ, и҆сполнѧ́ѧсѧ премⷣрости: и҆ блгⷣть бж҃їѧ бѣ̀ на не́мъ.
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)
Младенец же возрастал и укреплялся духом, исполняясь премудрости, и благодать Божия была на Нем.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Το δε παιδίον ηύξανε και εδυναμούτο κατά το πνεύμα πληρούμενον σοφίας, και χάρις Θεού ήτο επ' αυτό.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А дете растијаше и јачаше у духу, и пуњаше се премудрости, и благодат Божија беше на Њему.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A dete rastijaše i jačaše u duhu, i punjaše se premudrosti, i blagodat Božija beše na Njemu.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَكَانَ ٱلصَّبِيُّ يَنْمُو وَيَتَقَوَّى بِٱلرُّوحِ، مُمْتَلِئًا حِكْمَةً، وَكَانَتْ نِعْمَةُ ٱللهِ عَلَيْهِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC