Matthew 2:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, 'Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too may go and worship Him.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G2532} he sent{G3992} them{G846} to{G1519} Bethlehem,{G965} and said,{G2036} Go{G4198} and search{G1833} out exactly{G4012} concerning{G199} the young child;{G3813} and{G1161} when{G1875} ye have found{G2147} [him], bring{G518} me{G3427} word,{G518} that{G3704} I{G2504} also{G2504} may come{G2064} and worship{G4352} him.{G846}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G2532} he sent{G3992}{(G5660)} them{G846} to{G1519} Bethlehem{G965}, and said{G2036}{(G5627)}, Go{G4198}{(G5679)} and search{G1833}{(G5657)} diligently{G199} for{G4012} the young child{G3813}; and{G1161} when{G1875} ye have found{G2147}{(G5632)} him, bring{G518} me{G3427} word again{G518}{(G5657)}, that{G3704} I may come{G2064}{(G5631)} and worship{G4352}{(G5661)} him{G846} also{G2504}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    and sent the to Bethleem saynge: Goo and searche dyligetly for ye chylde. And when ye have founde hym bringe me worde yt I maye come and worshippe hym also.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and sent them to Bethleem, sainge: Go, and searche dyligently for the chylde. And when ye haue founde hym, bringe me worde agayne, that I maye come and worshippe hym also.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And sent them to Beth-leem, saying, Goe, and searche diligently for the babe: and when ye haue founde him, bring mee worde againe, that I may come also, and worship him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he sent them to Bethlehem, and sayde: Go, and search diligently for the young childe, and when ye haue founde hym, bryng me worde agayne, that I may come, and worship hym also.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found [him], bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, `Having gone -- inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found `him,' bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found [him], bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 23:22-23 : 22 Please go and make further preparations. Investigate and find out where David is and who has seen him there, because I have been told he is very crafty. 23 Carefully identify all the hiding places where he could be staying and return to me with reliable information. Then I will come with you, and if he is indeed in the land, I will search for him among all the clans of Judah.
  • 2 Sam 15:7-9 : 7 At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, 'Please allow me to go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I made to the LORD.' 8 For your servant made a vow while I was living in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD.’ 9 The king said to him, 'Go in peace.' So he got up and went to Hebron. 10 Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel with this message: 'As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, say, “Absalom is king in Hebron!”' 11 Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited and went innocently, unaware of anything. 12 While he was offering the sacrifices, Absalom also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his hometown of Giloh. And the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, 'The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.' For the LORD had ordained to thwart the good advice of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring disaster upon Absalom.
  • 1 Kgs 19:2 : 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I don’t make your life like the life of one of them.'
  • 2 Kgs 10:18-19 : 18 Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much. 19 Now summon all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers, and all his priests. Let no one fail to come, for I am going to hold a great sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who fails to come will not live." But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal.
  • Ezra 4:1-2 : 1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel, 2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who brought us here."
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands achieve no success. 13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity. 3 Everyone speaks falsehood to their neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
  • Ps 33:10-11 : 10 The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations; He thwarts the plans of the peoples. 11 The Lord’s counsel stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation.
  • Ps 55:11-15 : 11 Day and night they surround it on its walls, and trouble and wickedness are within it. 12 Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not leave its streets. 13 For it is not an enemy who insults me—then I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who has exalted himself against me—then I could hide from him. 14 But it is you, a man like me, my companion and my close friend. 15 We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel that can stand against the LORD.
  • Prov 26:24-25 : 24 An enemy disguises themselves with their lips, but in their heart, they harbor deceit. 25 Though they speak graciously, do not believe them, for there are seven abominations in their heart.
  • Jer 41:5-7 : 5 eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, with their beards shaved, their clothes torn, and their bodies cut, bringing grain offerings and incense in their hands to present at the house of the LORD. 6 Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he met them, he said to them, 'Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.' 7 But when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who can speak and have it come to pass, unless the Lord has decreed it?
  • Matt 26:48-49 : 48 Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man; arrest Him." 49 Going directly to Jesus, Judas said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed Him fervently.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 They watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere, so that they might trap him in something he said and hand him over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. 21 So they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in truth.
  • 1 Cor 3:19-20 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.' 20 And again, 'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 2:9-17
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    85%

    9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and behold, the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

    10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed with great emotion.

    11 Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

    12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another route.

    13 After they departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him.'

    14 So Joseph got up, took the child and His mother during the night, and departed for Egypt.

    15 They stayed there until the death of Herod, to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 'Out of Egypt I called My Son.'

    16 Then Herod, realizing that he had been deceived by the magi, became furious. He sent orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi.

    17 Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

  • Matt 2:1-7
    7 verses
    84%

    1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign of King Herod, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem.

    2 They asked, 'Where is the newborn King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.'

    3 When King Herod heard this, he was deeply troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

    4 He called together all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born.

    5 They replied, 'In Bethlehem of Judea, because this is what was written by the prophet:

    6 'And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you will come a ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.'

    7 Then Herod secretly called the magi and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

  • Luke 2:12-18
    7 verses
    78%

    12 This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

    13 Suddenly, there was with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

    14 "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to those on whom his favor rests."

    15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

    16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

    17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child.

    18 And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them.

  • Matt 2:19-23
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    19 After the death of Herod, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

    20 saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead.'

    21 Joseph got up, took the child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

    22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee.

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  • Luke 2:20
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    20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

  • Luke 2:6-9
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    6 While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

    7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no room available for them in the inn.

    8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

    9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

  • Luke 2:42-46
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    42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom.

    43 When the festival was over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents were unaware of it.

    44 Thinking he was in their traveling group, they went a day's journey. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends.

    45 When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.

    46 After three days, they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

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    4 So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

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    70%

    27 Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the Law required,

  • Luke 2:39
    69%

    39 When they had completed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

  • Luke 23:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7 Realizing that He was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

    8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see Him. He had heard about Him and hoped to see Him perform a sign.

  • Luke 19:32
    69%

    32 So those who were sent departed and found it just as he had told them.

  • Mic 5:2
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    2 Therefore, he will give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth, and the rest of his brothers will return to join the children of Israel.

  • Matt 1:22
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    22 All this happened to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

  • Luke 2:48-49
    2 verses
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    48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us this way? Look, your father and I have been anxiously searching for you!"

    49 He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"

  • Judg 19:18
    68%

    18 The man answered, "We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to the house of the Lord, but no one has taken me into their home.

  • Acts 12:19
    67%

    19 After Herod searched for him and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.