Luke 2:50 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)
They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And they did not understand the saying that He spoke to them,
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 they understood not the thing that he said to them.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And they understood not the saying which he spoke to them.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
But they vnderstoode not the word that he spake to them.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
But they did not understand what he meant by those words.
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 they vnderstode not the sayinge that he spake to them.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and they did not understand the saying that he spake to them,
FBV Free Bible Version
But they didn't understand what he meant.
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 his words seemed strange to them.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Mas ellos no entendiéron la palabra, que les habló.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Mas ellos no entendieron las palabras que les habló.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Pero ellos no entendieron lo que él les quería decir.
Read in context · Biblica® Open Nueva Biblia Viva™ Copyright © 2006, 2008 by Biblica, Inc. “Biblica” es una marca registrada en la oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estados Unidos por Biblica, Inc. Usado con permiso. “Biblica” is a trademark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spaonbv/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Pero ellos no entendieron la respuesta que les dio.
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)
Pero ellos no entendieron lo que él quiso decir con eso.
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)
Pero ellos no entendieron lo que les dijo.
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 αὐτοὶ οὐ συνῆκαν τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και αυτοι ου συνηκαν το ρημα ο ελαλησεν αυτοις.
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 αὐτοὶ οὐ συνῆκαν τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και αυτοι ου συνηκαν το ρημα ο ελαλησεν αυτοισ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐ συνῆκαν τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐ συνῆκαν τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς.
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 ipsi non intellexerunt verbum quod locutus est ad eos.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ та̑ не разꙋмѣ́ста гл҃го́ла, є҆го́же гл҃а и҆́ма.
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)
Но они не поняли сказанных Им слов.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και αυτοί δεν ενόησαν τον λόγον, τον οποίον ελάλησε προς αυτούς.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И они не разумеше речи што им рече.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I oni ne razumeše reči što im reče.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَلَمْ يَفْهَمَا ٱلْكَلَامَ ٱلَّذِي قَالَهُ لَهُمَا.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC