Verse List for LUKE 2:1

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OET (OET-RV) At that time, Caesar Augustus sent a decree that everyone throughout the empire needed to register in a census.

OET-LV And it _became in the those days, a_decree came _out from Kaisar Augustus/(Sebastos), all the inhabited _world to _be _registering.

ULT And in those days, it happened that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus for all the world to register.

UST Also during that time, Caesar Augustus, who ruled over the whole Roman Empire, commanded that every person living in his empire had to register his name in an official list of the people who lived there.

BSB & MSB Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.[fn]

BLB And it came to pass in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the world.

AICNT Now it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

OEB About that time an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole Empire.

2DT It happened in those days: A decree exited from Kaisar [Caesar] Augoustos for all the inhabited world to be registered.

WEBBE & WMBB Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.

NET Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes.

LSV And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world be registered—

FBV It was the time when Caesar Augustus issued a decree that there should be a census of everyone in the Roman Empire.

TCNT In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered in a census.

T4T About that time the Emperor Augustus commanded that ◄his officials must write down the names/a census be taken► of all the people who lived in countries controlled by the Roman government {that the Roman government controlled}, so that the government could collect taxes from them.

LEB Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar[fn] Augustus to register all the empire.

BBE Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.

Moff Now in those days an edict was issued by Caesar Augustus for a census of the whole world.

Wymth Just at this time an edict was issued by Caesar Augustus for the registration of the whole Empire.

ASV Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.

DRA And it came to pass, that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole world should be enrolled.

YLT And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled —

Drby But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.

RV Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.

SLT And it was in those days an order came out from Caesar Angustus, for the whole habitable globe to be enrolled.

Wbstr And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

KJB-1769 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
(And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.)

KJB-1611 ¶ And it came to passe in those dayes, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be [fn]taxed.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps And it came to passe in those dayes, yt there went out a commaundement fro Augustus Cesar, that all the world should be taxed.
(And it came to pass in those days, it there went out a commandment from Augustus Caesar, that all the world should be taxed.)

Gnva And it came to passe in those dayes, that there came a decree from Augustus Cesar, that all the world should be taxed.
(And it came to pass in those days, that there came a decree from Augustus Caesar, that all the world should be taxed.)

Cvdl It fortuned at the same tyme, that there wete out a comaundement fro Augustus the Emperoure, that the whole worlde shulde be taxed.
(It fortuned at the same time, that there went out a commandment from Augustus the Emperor, that the whole world should be taxed.)

TNT And it chaunced in thoose dayes: that ther went oute a commaundment from Auguste the Emperour that all the woorlde shuld be taxed.
(And it chanced in those days: that there went out a commaundment from Auguste the Emperour that all the woorlde should be taxed.)

Wycl And it was don in tho daies, a maundement wente out fro the emperour August, that al the world schulde be discryued.
(And it was done in those days, a commandment went out from the emperor August, that all the world should be discryued.)

Luth Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit, daß ein Gebot vom Kaiser Augustus ausging, daß alle Welt geschätzt würde.
(It gifted itself/yourself/themselves but to/for the/of_the time/period, that a commandment/command from_the Emperor Augustus exit, that all world estimated/valued would.)

ClVg Factum est autem in diebus illis, exiit edictum a Cæsare Augusto ut describeretur universus orbis.[fn]
(Done it_is however in/into/on days to_them, went_out edict/proclamation from Cæsare Augusto as deto_writeur the_whole world.)

SR-GNT Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, ἐξῆλθεν δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου, ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην. ‡

UGNT ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, ἐξῆλθεν δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου, ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην.

SBL-GNT Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐξῆλθεν δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην·

RP-GNT Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, ἐξῆλθεν δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου, ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην.

TC-GNT Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐξῆλθε δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην.