Matthew 2:20 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁰ saying, “Arise, and take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Yisra’ĕl, for those seeking the life of the Child are dead.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And said, Rise, [tenderly] take unto you the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the Child's life are dead.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child’s life.

Common English Bible

²⁰ “Get up,” the angel said, “and take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel. Those who were trying to kill the child are dead.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ saying: "Rise up, and take the boy and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For those who were seeking the life of the boy have passed away."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.

Matthew 2:20 Cross References

1 Kings 11:21

And Haḏaḏ heard in Mitsrayim that Dawiḏ slept with his fathers, and that Yo’aḇ the commander of the army was dead, and Haḏaḏ said to Pharaoh, “Let me go to my land.”

1 Kings 11:40

And Shelomoh sought to kill Yaroḇ‛am, but Yaroḇ‛am rose up and fled to Mitsrayim, to Shishaq sovereign of Mitsrayim, and was in Mitsrayim until the death of Shelomoh.

Exodus 4:19

And יהוה said to Mosheh in Miḏyan, “Go, return to Mitsrayim, for all the men are dead who sought your life.”

Matthew 2:13

And when they had left, see, a messenger of יהוה appeared to Yosĕph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the Child and His mother, and flee to Mitsrayim, and remain there until I bring you word, for Herodes is about to seek the Child to destroy Him.”

Matthew 2:19

And Herodes having died, see, a messenger of יהוה appeared in a dream to Yosĕph in Mitsrayim,

Matthew 2:21

And rising up, he took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Yisra’ĕl.