Luke 2:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹² And this is the sign [that will verify it] to you: You will find a baby wrapped in [linen] cloths lying in an animal’s feeding trough.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And this will be a sign for you [by which you will recognize Him]: you will find [after searching] a Baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. [I Sam. 2:34; II Kings 19:29; Isa. 7:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.

Common English Bible

¹² This is a sign for you: you will find a newborn baby wrapped snugly and lying in a manger.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And this will be a sign for you: you will find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger.

Luke 2:12 Cross References

Luke 2:13

Then suddenly there appeared with the angel a large number of the heavenly “army” [i.e., of angels], who were praising God and saying,

Luke 2:7

So, she bore her firstborn Son and wrapped Him in [linen] cloths and laid Him in an animal’s feeding trough because there was no room for them in the lodge.