Luke 2:9 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 behold an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the brightness of God shone round about them; and they feared with a great fear.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And behold, an Angel of the Lord stood near them, and the brightness of God shone around them, and they were struck with a great fear.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and behold, a messenger of the LORD stood over them, and the glory of the LORD shone around them, and they feared [with] a great fear.
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 lo, an angel of [the] Lord was there by them, and [the] glory of [the] Lord shone around them, and they feared [with] great fear.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were in great fear.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And loe, the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, and the glorie of the Lord shone about them, and they were sore afraide.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.
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 loo: the angell of the lorde stode harde by the and the brightnes of the lorde shone rounde aboute them and they were soare afrayed.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear.
FBV Free Bible Version
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone all around them. They were scared out of their wits!
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 an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining round about them: and fear came on them.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y he aquí se puso junto á ellos un Angel del Señor, y la claridad de Dios los cercó de resplandor, y tuviéron grande temor.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y he aquí el ángel del Señor vino sobre ellos, y la claridad de Dios los cercó de resplandor; y tuvieron gran temor.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
De pronto, un ángel del Señor se les apareció y la gloria del Señor brilló y los envolvió. Los pastores se llenaron de miedo.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Un ángel del Señor les apareció y [la] gloria del Señor los rodeó de resplandor. Se llenaron de un gran temor.
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 un ángel del Señor se les apareció, y la gloria de Dios brilló alrededor de ellos. Ellos estaban terriblemente aterrorizados.
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)
Un ángel del Señor se les apareció, y la gloria del Señor los rodeó de luz. Ellos tuvieron mucho miedo.
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 ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐπέστη αὐτοῖς καὶ δόξα Κυρίου περιέλαμψεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και ιδου αγγελος κυριου επεστη αυτοις και δοξα κυριου περιελαμψεν αυτους, και εφοβηθησαν φοβον μεγαν.
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 ἰδού, ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐπέστη αὐτοῖς, καὶ δόξα Κυρίου περιέλαμψεν αὐτούς· καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και ιδου αγγελοσ κυριου επεστη αυτοισ και δοξα κυριου περιελαμψεν αυτουσ και εφοβηθησαν φοβον μεγαν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐπέστη αὐτοῖς καὶ δόξα Κυρίου περιέλαμψεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
⸀καὶ ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐπέστη αὐτοῖς καὶ δόξα κυρίου περιέλαμψεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν·
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 ecce angelus Domini stetit juxta illos, et claritas Dei circumfulsit illos, et timuerunt timore magno.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ сѐ, а҆́гг҃лъ гдⷭ҇ень ста̀ въ ни́хъ, и҆ сла́ва гдⷭ҇нѧ ѡ҆сїѧ̀ и҆̀хъ: и҆ ᲂу҆боѧ́шасѧ стра́хомъ ве́лїимъ.
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)
Вдруг предстал им Ангел Господень, и слава Господня осияла их; и убоялись страхом великим.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και ιδού, άγγελος Κυρίου εξαίφνης εφάνη εις αυτούς, και δόξα Κυρίου έλαμψε περί αυτούς, και εφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И гле, анђео Господњи стаде међу њима, и слава Господња обасја их; и уплашише се врло.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I gle, anđeo Gospodnji stade među njima, i slava Gospodnja obasja ih; i uplašiše se vrlo.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَإِذَا مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَفَ بِهِمْ، وَمَجْدُ ٱلرَّبِّ أَضَاءَ حَوْلَهُمْ، فَخَافُوا خَوْفًا عَظِيمًا.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC