Matthew 2:20 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) “Get up, take the young child and His mother, and go [back] to the country of Israel, for those who had tried to take the young child’s life are [now] dead.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And said, Rise, [tenderly] take unto you the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the Child's life are dead. American Standard Version (1901) Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child’s life. Common English Bible “Get up,” the angel said, “and take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel. Those who were trying to kill the child are dead.” Catholic Public Domain Version saying: "Rise up, and take the boy and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For those who were seeking the life of the boy have passed away." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child. |
Now when they had gone an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a [supernatural] dream, saying, “Get up and take the young child and His mother and hurry to Egypt. Stay there for as long as I tell you to, for Herod will be looking for the young child in order to kill Him.”
Then when Herod was dead, an angel from the Lord appeared in a [supernatural] dream to Joseph [while he was still] in Egypt, saying,
So he got up, took the young child and His mother and went [back] to the country of Israel.