Luke 2:29 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁹ “Master, you may now allow your servant to be released [i.e., die] in peace, according to what you said.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, According to thy word:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ And now, Lord, You are releasing Your servant to depart (leave this world) in peace, according to Your word.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;

Common English Bible

²⁹ “Now, master, let your servant go in peace according to your word,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ "Now you may dismiss your servant in peace, O Lord, according to your word.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace;

Luke 2:29 Cross References

Luke 2:26

Now it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Christ [i.e., God’s, specially chosen one].

Luke 2:28

Simeon took Jesus in his arms, praised God and said,

Philippians 1:23

So, I am in a dilemma between the two choices. [On the one hand] I have the desire to depart [from this life] and be with Christ [in heaven], which would be far better.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write [this]: Those who are [now] dead, who died in [fellowship with] the Lord, are blessed from now on. Yes, says the Holy Spirit, they will rest from their work, for [the record of] their deeds will follow them [i.e., into the next life].”

Revelation 6:10

And they called out with a loud voice, “How long, holy and true Master, [will it be] before you judge the people living on earth and take revenge on them for [shedding] our blood?”