Luke 2:23
ContextNET © | (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male 1 will be set apart to the Lord” 2 ), |
NIV © | (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord"), |
NASB © | (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "EVERY firstborn MALE THAT OPENS THE WOMB SHALL BE CALLED HOLY TO THE LORD"), |
NLT © | The law of the Lord says, "If a woman’s first child is a boy, he must be dedicated to the Lord." |
MSG © | as commanded in God's Law: "Every male who opens the womb shall be a holy offering to God," |
BBE © | (As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother’s first male child is to be holy to the Lord), |
NRSV © | (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord"), |
NKJV © | (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the LORD"), |
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NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male 1 will be set apart to the Lord” 2 ), |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “every male that opens the womb” (an idiom for the firstborn male). 2 sn An allusion to Exod 13:2, 12, 15. |