“And this shall be a signe vnto you; yee shall find the babe wrapped in swadling clothes lying in a manger.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
And this [shall be] a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
- King James Version
"This {will be} a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And this `is' the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.
- Darby Bible
And this shall be a sign to you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, lying in a manger.
- Webster's Bible
And this is the token for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger."
- Weymouth Bible
This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."
- World English Bible
And this is a tokene to you; ye schulen fynde a yong child wlappid in clothis, and leid in a cratche.
- Wycliffe Bible
and this [is] to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Luke 2:12
Lu 2:12 A sign to you. The "sign" was not itself a miraculous one, but the prediction of it was so. The babe, the swaddle, and the manger were the three tokens.