Luke 2:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ And it happened while they were there that the due date came for her to have the baby.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And while they were there, the time came for her delivery,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered.

Common English Bible

⁶ While they were there, the time came for Mary to have her baby.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Then it happened that, while they were there, the days were completed, so that she would give birth.

Luke 2:6 Cross References

Luke 1:57

Now when Elizabeth was due to deliver, she gave birth to a son.

Luke 2:5

[He went] to register, along with Mary, who was engaged to him and who was pregnant [at the time].

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.