The Shepherds and the Angels
Luke 2:9
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
- ASV
- 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
- 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.
- YLT
- 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.
- DBY
- 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.
- DRC
- 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.
- GNV
- And loe, the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, and the glorie of the Lord shone about them, and they were sore afraide.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἰδού (“behold”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
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- SBLGNT: καὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add ἰδού.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐπέστη αὐτοῖς καὶ δόξα κυρίου περιέλαμψεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν·
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἰδού, ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐπέστη αὐτοῖς, καὶ δόξα κυρίου περιέλαμψεν αὐτούς· καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἰδού, ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐπέστη αὐτοῖς, καὶ δόξα Κυρίου περιέλαμψεν αὐτούς· καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν.
- SCR1894
- και ιδου αγγελος κυριου επεστη αυτοις και δοξα κυριου περιελαμψεν αυτους και εφοβηθησαν φοβον μεγαν
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- 1 Kings 8:11so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
- Acts 27:23For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
- Revelation 18:1After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.
- Acts 26:13–14About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions. We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do…
- Luke 24:4While they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside them.
- John 12:41Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
- Matthew 1:20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy…
- Judges 6:11–12Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites. And the angel of the…
- Exodus 40:34–35Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the…
- Acts 5:19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
- Acts 22:6–9About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’ ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I…
- Exodus 16:10And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.
- Luke 1:28The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
- Ezekiel 3:23So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
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