Luke 2:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² “And this is the sign to you: You shall find a baby wrapped up, lying in a 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."

Luke 2:12 Cross References

2 Kings 19:29

‘And this is the sign for you: This year you eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that, and in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

2 Kings 20:8

And Ḥ

Psalm 22:6

But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.

Exodus 3:12

And He said, “Because I am with you. And this is to you the sign that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Mitsrayim, you are to serve Elohim on this mountain.”

Isaiah 7:11

“Ask a sign for yourself from יהוה  your Elohim; make deep the request or make it high.”

Isaiah 7:14

“Therefore יהוה  Himself gives you a sign: Look, the maiden conceives and gives birth to a Son, and shall call His Name Immanu’ĕ

Luke 2:13

And suddenly there was with the messenger a crowd of the heavenly host praising Elohim and saying,

Luke 2:7

And she gave birth to her first-born Son, and wrapped Him up, and laid Him down in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in a lodging place.

1 Samuel 2:34

‘And this is the sign to you that comes upon your two sons, upon Ḥ