Matthew 2:5 - Revised Version 1885

⁵ And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written by the prophet,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ They replied to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written through the prophet,

Common English Bible

⁵ They said, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote:

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And they said to him: "In Bethlehem of Judea. For so it has been written by the prophet:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:

Matthew 2:5 Cross References

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

Matthew 2:1

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:4

And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.

John 7:42

Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?

Joshua 19:15

and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages.

Judges 17:7

And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Ruth 1:1

And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Ruth 1:19

So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?

Ruth 2:4

And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

Ruth 4:11

And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

1 Samuel 16:1

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.