Luke 2:45 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 they didn’t find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
When they didn’t find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
and when they found him not, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
and when they found him not, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and having not found Him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking 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 not having found him they returned to Jerusalem seeking him.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And when they found him not, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And when they found him not, they turned backe to Hierusalem, and sought him.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem and started looking for him there.
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 founde hym not they went backe agayne to Hierusalem and sought him.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking him.
FBV Free Bible Version
When they couldn't find him they returned to Jerusalem to look for him there.
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 seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y como no le hallasen, se volvieron á Jerusalém, buscándole.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Mas como no le hallasen, volvieron á Jerusalem buscándole.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
y no lo encontraron, volvieron a Jerusalén para buscarlo.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Pero al no hallarlo, regresaron a Jerusalén.
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 ya no pudieron encontrarlo, regresaron a Jerusalén para buscarlo allí.
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)
Como no lo encontraron, volvieron a Jerusalén buscándolo.
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 μὴ εὑρόντες αὐτὸν ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ζητοῦντες αὐτόν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και μη ευροντες αυτον υπεστρεψαν εις ιερουσαλημ ζητουντες αυτον.
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 μὴ εὑρόντες αὐτόν, ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, ζητοῦντες αὐτόν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και μη ευροντεσ αυτον υπεστρεψαν εισ ιερουσαλημ ζητουντεσ αυτον
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ μὴ εὑρόντες ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀναζητοῦντες αὐτόν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ μὴ ⸀εὑρόντες ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ ⸀ἀναζητοῦντες αὐτόν.
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 non invenientes, regressi sunt in Jerusalem, requirentes eum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
и҆ не ѡ҆брѣ̑тша є҆го̀, возврати́стасѧ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ, взыска̑юща є҆го̀.
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, не найдя Его, возвратились в Иерусалим, ища Его.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και μη ευρόντες αυτόν, υπέστρεψαν εις Ιερουσαλήμ ζητούντες αυτόν.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И не нашавши Га вратише се у Јерусалим да Га траже.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I ne našavši Ga vratiše se u Jerusalim da Ga traže.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَلَمَّا لَمْ يَجِدَاهُ رَجَعَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ يَطْلُبَانِهِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC