Luke 2:37
and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And she was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
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King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And{G2532} she{G3778} was a widow{G5503} of about{G5613} fourscore{G3589} and four{G5064} years{G2094}, which{G3739} departed{G868}{(G5711)} not{G3756} from{G575} the temple{G2411}, but served{G3000}{(G5723)} God with fastings{G3521} and{G2532} prayers{G1162} night{G3571} and{G2532} day{G2250}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
And she had bene a wedowe aboute.iiii. scoore and.iiii. yere which went never oute of the temple but served God with fastinge and prayer nyght and daye.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
& had now bene a wedowe aboute foure score & foure yeares, which came neuer fro the teple, seruynge God wt fastynge and prayenge, daye and night:
Geneva Bible (1560)
And she was widowe about foure score and foure yeeres, and went not out of the Temple, but serued God with fastings & prayers, night and day.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And she had ben a wydowe about fourescore and foure yeres, whiche departed not from the temple, but serued God with fastynges and prayers nyght and day.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
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,
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.
World English Bible (2000)
and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
Referenced Verses
- 1 Tim 5:5 : 5 The widow who is truly alone and desolate has placed her hope in God and continues in prayers and petitions night and day.
- Acts 14:23 : 23 They appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
- Acts 26:7 : 7 This is the promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God night and day. It is for this hope, King Agrippa, that I am accused by the Jews.
- Acts 13:3 : 3 Then, after fasting and praying, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
- Rev 3:12 : 12 The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and they will never go out again. I will write on them the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God, and my new name.
- Rev 7:15 : 15 For this reason, they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. The one who sits on the throne will spread his shelter over them.
- Exod 38:8 : 8 He made the bronze basin and its stand of bronze from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
- 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 'There is no one holy like the LORD, for there is no one besides You; there is no Rock like our God.'
- Ps 22:2 : 2 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Far from saving me, from the words of my groaning.
- Ps 23:6 : 6 Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
- Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing I have asked from the Lord; this I will seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple.
- Ps 84:4 : 4 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—at Your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
- Ps 84:10 : 10 Behold our shield, O God, and look with favor upon Your anointed.
- Ps 92:13 : 13 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree; they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon.
- Ps 135:1-2 : 1 Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD; praise Him, you servants of the LORD! 2 You who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God!
- Luke 5:33 : 33 Then they said to Him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"
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