Luke 2:7 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 she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And she brought forth her firstborn son. And she wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them at the inn.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and she brought forth her Son—the firstborn, and wrapped Him up, and laid Him down in the manger, because there was not a place for them in the guest-chamber.
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 she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling-clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne, and wrapped him in swadling clothes, and laide him in a cratch, because there was no roome for them in the ynne.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
She gave birth to a son, her firstborn child, and she wrapped him in long strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
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 she brought forth her fyrst begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadlynge cloothes and layed him in a manger because ther was no roume for them within in the ynne.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and she brought forth her son — the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.
FBV Free Bible Version
She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him up in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger because the inn had no rooms left.
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 she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y parió á su Hijo primogénito, y lo envolvió en pañales, y lo recostó en un pesebre: porque no había lugar para ellos en el mesón.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y parió á su hijo primogénito, y le envolvió en pañales, y acostóle en un pesebre, porque no había lugar para ellos en el mesón.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
y dio a luz a su primer hijo. Lo envolvió en pañales y lo acostó en un pesebre, porque no habían encontrado lugar para ellos en la posada.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
dio a luz a su Hijo primogénito. Lo envolvió en pañales y lo acostó en un pesebre, porque no había lugar para ellos en la pensión.
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)
Y tendro su primer hijo. Lo envolvió en tiras de tela y lo puso en un pesebre porque la posada no tenía más habitaciones disponibles.
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)
Dio a luz a su hijo primogénito, lo envolvió en pañales y lo acostó en un pesebre, porque no había lugar para ellos en el alojamiento.
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 ἔτεκε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν πρωτότοκον, καὶ ἐσπαργάνωσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνέκλινεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ, διότι οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς τόπος ἐν τῷ καταλύματι.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και ετεκεν τον υιον αυτης τον πρωτοτοκον, και εσπαργανωσεν αυτον και ανεκλινεν αυτον εν τη φατνη, διοτι ουκ ην αυτοις τοπος εν τω καταλυματι.
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 ἔτεκε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν πρωτότοκον, καὶ ἐσπαργάνωσεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνέκλινεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ, διότι οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς τόπος ἐν τῷ καταλύματι.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και ετεκεν τον υιον αυτησ τον πρωτοτοκον και εσπαργανωσεν αυτον και ανεκλινεν αυτον εν τη φατνη διοτι ουκ ην αυτοισ τοποσ εν τω καταλυματι
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ ἔτεκεν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν πρωτότοκον, καὶ ἐσπαργάνωσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνέκλινεν αὐτὸν ἐν φάτνῃ, διότι οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς τόπος ἐν τῷ καταλύματι.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ ἔτεκεν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν πρωτότοκον, καὶ ἐσπαργάνωσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνέκλινεν αὐτὸν ⸀ἐν φάτνῃ, διότι οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς τόπος ἐν τῷ καταλύματι.
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 peperit filium suum primogenitum, et pannis eum involvit, et reclinavit eum in præsepio: quia non erat eis locus in diversorio.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
и҆ родѝ сн҃а своего̀ пе́рвенца, и҆ пови́тъ є҆го̀, и҆ положѝ є҆го̀ въ ꙗ҆́слехъ: занѐ не бѣ̀ и҆̀мъ мѣ́ста во ѡ҆би́тели.
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 родила Сына своего Первенца, и спеленала Его, и положила Его в ясли, потому что не было им места в гостинице.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
και εγέννησε τον υιόν αυτής τον πρωτότοκον, και εσπαργάνωσεν αυτόν και κατέκλινεν αυτόν εν τη φάτνη, διότι δεν ήτο τόπος δι' αυτούς εν τω καταλύματι.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И роди Сина свог првенца, и пови Га, и метну Га у јасле; јер им не беше места у гостионици.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I rodi Sina svog prvenca, i povi Ga, i metnu Ga u jasle; jer im ne beše mesta u gostionici.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَوَلَدَتِ ٱبْنَهَا ٱلْبِكْرَ وَقَمَّطَتْهُ وَأَضْجَعَتْهُ فِي ٱلْمِذْوَدِ، إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمَا مَوْضِعٌ فِي ٱلْمَنْزِلِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC