Luke 2:42 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)
When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast;
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast;
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast;
MSB Majority Standard Bible
And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the Feast.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast;
LSV Literal Standard Version
and when He became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the celebration,
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Darby Darby Translation
And when he was twelve years old, and they went up [to Jerusalem] according to the custom of the feast
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And when hee was twelue yeere olde, and they were come vp to Hierusalem, after the custome of the feast,
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
When he was twelve years old, they again went up at the customary time for the feast.
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 when he was .xii. yere olde they went vp to Hierusalem after the custome of the feeste.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and when he became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,
FBV Free Bible Version
When Jesus was twelve years old, they went to the festival as they always did.
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 when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y quando tuvo doce años, subiéron ellos á Jerusalém, según la costumbre del día de la fiesta,
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y cuando fué de doce años, subieron ellos á Jerusalem conforme á la costumbre del día de la fiesta.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Cuando él cumplió doce años, fueron allá como era su costumbre.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Cuando cumplió 12 años, ellos subieron según la costumbre de la fiesta y
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Y cuando Jesús tuvo doce años de edad, fueron a la fiesta de la Pascua, como siempre lo hacían.
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)
Cuando Jesús tenía doce años, subieron a Jerusalén según la costumbre de la fiesta.
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 ὅτε ἐγένετο ἐτῶν δώδεκα, ἀναβάντων αὐτῶν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑορτῆς
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και οτε εγενετο ετων δωδεκα, αναβαντων αυτων εις ιεροσολυμα κατα το εθος της εορτης
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 ὅτε ἐγένετο ἐτῶν δώδεκα, ἀναβάντων αὐτῶν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑορτῆς,
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και οτε εγενετο ετων δωδεκα αναβαντων αυτων εισ ιεροσολυμα κατα το εθοσ τησ εορτησ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο ἐτῶν δώδεκα, ἀναβαινόντων αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑορτῆς,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο ἐτῶν δώδεκα, ⸀ἀναβαινόντων ⸀αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑορτῆς
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Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Et cum factus esset annorum duodecim, ascendentibus illis Jerosolymam secundum consuetudinem diei festi,
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ є҆гда̀ бы́сть двоюна́десѧти лѣ̑тꙋ, восходѧ́щымъ и҆̀мъ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ по ѡ҆бы́чаю пра́здника,
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)
И когда Он был двенадцати лет, пришли они также по обычаю в Иерусалим на праздник.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και ότε έγεινεν ετών δώδεκα, αφού ανέβησαν εις Ιεροσόλυμα κατά το έθος της εορτής
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И кад Му би дванаест година, дођоше они у Јерусалим по обичају празника;
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I kad Mu bi dvanaest godina, dođoše oni u Jerusalim po običaju praznika;
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَلَمَّا كَانَتْ لَهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً صَعِدُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ كَعَادَةِ ٱلْعِيدِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC