Luke 2:43 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 having fulfilled the days, when they returned, the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And having completed the days, when they returned, the boy Jesus remained in Jerusalem. And his parents did not realize this.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn’t know it,
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn’t know it,
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not [of it].
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not;
MSB Majority Standard Bible
When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but Joseph and His mother were unaware He had stayed.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not;
LSV Literal Standard Version
and having finished the days, in their returning the child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and His mother did not know,
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 had completed the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and his parents knew not [of it];
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not [of it] .
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And had finished the dayes thereof, as they returned, the childe Iesus remained in Hierusalem, and Ioseph knew not, nor his mother,
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
After they had stayed the full number of days for the feast, they began to return home. But the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem and his parents did not know it.
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 they had fulfilled the dayes as they returned home the chylde Iesus boode styll in Hierusalem vnknowynge to his father and mother.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and having finished the days, in their returning the child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother did not know,
FBV Free Bible Version
When the festival had finished and it was time to return home, the boy Jesus remained in Jerusalem, but his parents didn't realize this.
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 the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y acabados los días, quando se volvían, se quedó el Niño Jesús en Jerusalém, sin que sus padres lo advirtiesen.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y acabados los días, volviendo ellos, se quedó el niño Jesús en Jerusalem, sin saberlo José y su madre.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Al terminar la fiesta, se regresaron, pero el niño Jesús se quedó en Jerusalén sin que sus padres se dieran cuenta.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
regresaron al terminar los días. El Niño Jesús se quedó en Jerusalén, y sus padres no [lo] supieron.
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)
Cuando terminó la fiesta y era tiempo de regresar a casa, el niño Jesús se quedó en Jerusalén, pero sus padres no se dieron cuenta de ello.
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)
Al terminar los días de la fiesta, mientras ellos regresaban, el niño Jesús se quedó en Jerusalén, sin que José y su madre lo supieran.
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 τελειωσάντων τὰς ἡμέρας, ἐν τῷ ὑποστρέφειν αὐτοὺς ὑπέμεινεν Ἰησοῦς ὁ παῖς ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω Ἰωσὴφ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και τελειωσαντων τας ημερας, εν τω υποστρεφειν αυτους υπεμεινεν ιησους ο παις εν ιερουσαλημ, και ουκ εγνω ιωσηφ και η μητηρ αυτου.
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 τελειωσάντων τὰς ἡμέρας, ἐν τῷ ὑποστρέφειν αὐτούς, ὑπέμεινεν Ἰησοῦς ὁ παῖς ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω Ἰωσὴφ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ·
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και τελειωσαντων τασ ημερασ εν τω υποστρεφειν αυτουσ υπεμεινεν ιησουσ ο παισ εν ιερουσαλημ και ουκ εγνω ιωσηφ και η μητηρ αυτου
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ τελειωσάντων τὰς ἡμέρας, ἐν τῷ ὑποστρέφειν αὐτοὺς ὑπέμεινεν Ἰησοῦς ὁ παῖς ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ τελειωσάντων τὰς ἡμέρας, ἐν τῷ ὑποστρέφειν αὐτοὺς ὑπέμεινεν Ἰησοῦς ὁ παῖς ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ οὐκ ⸂ἔγνωσαν οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ.
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
consummatisque diebus, cum redirent, remansit puer Jesus in Jerusalem, et non cognoverunt parentes ejus.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
и҆ сконча́вшымъ дни̑, и҆ возвраща́ющимасѧ и҆́ма, ѡ҆ста̀ ѻ҆́трокъ і҆и҃съ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мѣ: и҆ не разꙋмѣ̀ і҆ѡ́сифъ и҆ мт҃и є҆гѡ̀:
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)
Когда же, по окончании дней праздника, возвращались, остался Отрок Иисус в Иерусалиме; и не заметили того Иосиф и Матерь Его,
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
και ετελείωσαν τας ημέρας, ενώ αυτοί υπέστρεφον, το παιδίον ο Ιησούς έμεινεν οπίσω εν Ιερουσαλήμ, και δεν ενόησεν ο Ιωσήφ και η μήτηρ αυτού.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
и кад дане проведоше и они се вратише, оста дете Исус у Јерусалиму; и не знаде Јосиф и мати Његова;
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
i kad dane provedoše i oni se vratiše, osta dete Isus u Jerusalimu; i ne znade Josif i mati Njegova;
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَبَعْدَمَا أَكْمَلُوا ٱلْأَيَّامَ بَقِيَ عِنْدَ رُجُوعِهِمَا ٱلصَّبِيُّ يَسُوعُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَيُوسُفُ وَأُمُّهُ لَمْ يَعْلَمَا.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC