Luke 2:8 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)
There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field and keeping the night-watches over their flock,
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 there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And there were in the same countrey shepheards, abiding in the fielde, and keeping watch by night ouer their flocke.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
There were shepherds in that region who were staying in the fields, guarding their flock at night.
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 ther were in the same region shepherdes abydinge in the felde and watching their flocke by nyght.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,
FBV Free Bible Version
Nearby some shepherds were spending the night out in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks.
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 in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y había unos pastores en aquella comarca, que estaban velando, y guardando las velas de la noche sobre su ganado.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y había pastores en la misma tierra, que velaban y guardaban las vigilias de la noche sobre su ganado.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Por aquella misma región había unos pastores que pasaban la noche en el campo cuidando a sus ovejas.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Había pastores en aquella misma región que posaban a campo abierto y guardaban las vigilias de la noche sobre sus rebaños.
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)
Cerca de allí había unos pastores que pasaban la noche afuera en los campos, cuidando de sus rebaños.
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)
En la misma región había pastores que vivían en el campo y cuidaban sus rebaños durante la noche.
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 ποιμένες ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ ἀγραυλοῦντες καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ποίμνην αὐτῶν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και ποιμενες ησαν εν τη χωρα τη αυτη αγραυλουντες και φυλασσοντες φυλακας της νυκτος επι την ποιμνην αυτων.
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 ποιμένες ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ ἀγραυλοῦντες καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ποίμνην αὐτῶν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και ποιμενεσ ησαν εν τη χωρα τη αυτη αγραυλουντεσ και φυλασσοντεσ φυλακασ τησ νυκτοσ επι την ποιμνην αυτων
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Καὶ ποιμένες ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ ἀγραυλοῦντες καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ποίμνην αὐτῶν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Καὶ ποιμένες ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ ἀγραυλοῦντες καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ποίμνην αὐτῶν.
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 pastores erant in regione eadem vigilantes, et custodientes vigilias noctis super gregem suum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ па́стырїе бѣ́хꙋ въ то́йже странѣ̀, бдѧ́ще и҆ стрегꙋ́ще стра́жꙋ нощнꙋ́ю ѡ҆ ста́дѣ свое́мъ.
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)
В той стране были на поле пастухи, которые содержали ночную стражу у стада своего.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και ποιμένες ήσαν κατά το αυτό μέρος διανυκτερεύοντες εν τοις αγροίς και φυλάττοντες φυλακάς της νυκτός επί το ποίμνιον αυτών.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И беху пастири у оном крају који чуваху ноћну стажу код стада свог.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I behu pastiri u onom kraju koji čuvahu noćnu stažu kod stada svog.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَكَانَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْكُورَةِ رُعَاةٌ مُتَبَدِّينَ يَحْرُسُونَ حِرَاسَاتِ ٱللَّيْلِ عَلَى رَعِيَّتِهِمْ،
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC