Luke 2:12

The Shepherds and the Angels

11Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!12And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

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Berean Standard Bible
And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
American Standard Version (1901)
And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.
Bible in Basic English
And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger.
Free Bible Version
You will recognize him by this sign: you will find the child wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”
Geneva Bible 1599
And this shalbe a signe to you, Yee shall finde the babe swadled, and laid in a cratch.
King James (Authorized) Version
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
One Unity Resource Bible
This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.”
Translation for Translators
I will tell you how you will recognize him (OR, how you will know that what I say is true): In Bethlehem you will find a baby who has been wrapped {whose mother has wrapped him} in strips of cloth and placed in a trough where people put food for the animals.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
This is the sign that will be given to you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”
Noah Webster Bible
And this shall be a sign to you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, lying in a manger.
World English Bible
This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.”
Young's Literal Translation
and this [is] to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'