Luke 2:37

In 9 translations

BSB

and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.Or was a widow for eighty-four years

KJV

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

WEB

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.

ASV

and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

LSV

and she [is] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, serving with fasts and supplications, night and day,

YLT

and she [is] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

DBY

and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers;

DRC

And she was a widow until fourscore and four years; who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and day.

GNV

And she was widowe about foure score and foure yeeres, and went not out of the Temple, but serued God with fastings and prayers, night and day.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ αὐτὴ χήρα ἕως ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τεσσάρων,) ἣ οὐκ ἀφίστατο τοῦ ἱεροῦ νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσιν λατρεύουσα νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν.

RP2018

καὶ αὕτη χήρα ὡς ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τεσσάρων- ἣ οὐκ ἀφίστατο ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσιν λατρεύουσα νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν.

TR-Boyd

καὶ αὕτη χήρα ὡς ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τεσσάρων — ἣ οὐκ ἀφίστατο ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσι λατρεύουσα νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν.

SCR1894

και αυτη χηρα ως ετων ογδοηκοντατεσσαρων η ουκ αφιστατο απο του ιερου νηστειαις και δεησεσιν λατρευουσα νυκτα και ημεραν

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• 1 Timothy 5:5The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
• Psalms 23:6Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
• Acts 14:23Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
• Acts 13:3And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
• Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
• Acts 26:7the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
• Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
• Luke 5:33Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
• Exodus 38:8Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
• Psalms 84:4How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah
• Revelation 7:15For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
• Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out…
• Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
• Psalms 135:1–2Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD, who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
• 1 Samuel 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
• Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

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