Luke 2:49

1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1395 And he seide to hem, What is it that ye souyten me? wisten ye not that in tho thingis that ben of my fadir, it behoueth me to be? (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1534 And he sayde vnto the: how is it yt ye sought me? Wist ye not that I must goo aboute my fathers busines? (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)
1535 And he sayde vnto them: What is it, that ye haue sought me? Wyst ye not, yt I must go aboute my fathers busynes? (Coverdale Bible)
1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1540 And he sayde vnto them: how is it þt ye sought me? Wist ye not, that I must goo aboute my fathers busynes? (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1549 And he sayed vnto them: howe is it that ye sought me? Wyst ye not that I must go about my fathers busynes? (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)
1557 (Geneva 1557) by William Whittingham
1560
1568 And he sayde vnto them: Howe is it that ye sought me? Wyste ye not, that I must go about my fathers businesse? (Bishop's Bible First Edition)
1572 (Bishop's Bible)
1582 (Rheims 1582)
1587 Then said he vnto them, Howe is it that ye sought me? knewe ye not that I must goe about my Fathers busines? (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1611 And he said vnto them, How is it that ye sought me? Wist yee not that I must bee about my fathers businesse? (King James Version)
1729 Jesus replied, why were ye so sollicitous about me? don't you know that 'tis my business to be in my father's house? (Mace New Testament)
1745 Jesus said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Fathers house? (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)
1762 (King James Version)
1769 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)
1770 And He said to them, Why did ye so seek me? Did not ye know that I ought to be in my Father's house? (Worsley Version by John Worsley)
1790 And he said to them, Why sought ye me? Knew ye not that I must be about my Father's business? (Wesley Version by John Wesley)
1795 And he said unto them, Wherefore did ye seek me? did you not know, that I must be occupied with my Father's affairs? (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)
1833 And he said to them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be about my Father's business? (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)
1835 He answered, Why did you seek me? Did you not know that I must be in the courts of my Father? (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)
1849 He saith to them, Why have you sought me (elsewhere)? Knew you not that (in) the house of my Father it behoveth me to be? (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)
1850 (King James Version by Committee)
1851 (Murdock Translation)
1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society
1858 And he said to them, Why did you seek me? did you not know that I must be in [the courts] of my father? (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)
1865 And he said to them: Why for did you seek me? not know you, that in the of the father of me must to be me? (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)
1865 And he said to them: How is it that ye sought me? Did ye not know, that I must be in my Father's house? (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)
1869 And he said to them, Why is it that ye have been seeking me? Did ye not know that I must be about my Father’s business? (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)
1873 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business? (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)
1885 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be in my Father’s house? (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)
1890 And he said to them, Why [is it] that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be [occupied] in my Father's business? (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)
1898 And he said unto them, `Why `is it' that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?' (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)
1901 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house? (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)
1902 And he said unto them––Why was it that ye were seeking me? Perceived ye not, that, in the courts of my Father, I must needs be? (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)
1902 And He said to them, Why were you seeking after me? Did you not know that it behooved me to be in the affairs of my Father? (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)
1904 And He said to them, "Why were ye seeking Me? Did ye not know that I must be in My Father's business?" (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)
1904 "What made you search for me?" he answered. "Did not you know that I must be in my Father's House?" (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)
1911 (Syrus Scofield)
1912 "Why is it that you have been searching for me?" He replied; "did you not know that it is my duty to be engaged upon my Father's business?" (Weymouth New Testament)
1918 And he said to them: Why is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be about my Father’s business? (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)
1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)
1982 (New King James Version) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
1984 (New International Version)(NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®
1995 (New American Standard Bible) NASB (©1995)
1999 (American King James Version)AKJV
2000 (King James 2000 Bible©)n
2005 (Today’s New International Version)
(BBE)
2009 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)(HCSB) Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
(21st Century King James Version) Copyright © 1994 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc.
(Common English Bible) Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible
(GOD’S WORD Translation)(GW) Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
(Contemporary English Version)(CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society
(New Living Translation)(NLT) Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation.
(Amplified Bible) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
(The Message) (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson
(New International Reader's Version) (NIRV) Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998, 2014 by Biblica, Inc.®.
(Wycliffe New Testament)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

فقال لهما لماذا كنتما تطلبانني ألم تعلما انه ينبغي ان اكون فيما لأبي. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

(Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Orduan dioste, Cergatic da ene bilha baitzinabiltzaten? etzinaquitén ecen neure Aitaren eguitecoetan occupatua behar dudala içan?

Bulgarian

1940 (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 耶稣说：为甚麽找我呢？岂不知我应当以我父的事为念麽（或作：岂不知我应当在我父的家里麽）？ (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 耶穌說：為甚麼找我呢？豈不知我應當以我父的事為念麼（或作：豈不知我應當在我父的家裡麼）？ (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

Et il leur dit: Pourquoi me cherchiez-vous? Ne saviez-vous pas qu'il me faut etre aux affaires de mon Pere? (French Darby)

1744 Et il leur dit : pourquoi me cherchiez vous? ne saviez-vous pas qu'il me faut être [occupé] aux affaires de mon Père? (Martin 1744)

1744 (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 (Luther 1545)

1871 (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 Und er sprach zu ihnen: Was ist's, daß ihr mich gesucht habt? Wisset ihr nicht, daß ich sein muß in dem, das meines Vaters ist? (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 Ma egli disse loro: Perchè mi cercavate? non sapevate voi ch’egli mi conviene attendere alle cose del Padre mio? (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 Ed egli disse loro: Perché mi cercavate? Non sapevate ch’io dovea trovarmi nella casa del Padre mio? (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

et ait ad illos quid est quod me quaerebatis nesciebatis quia in his quae Patris mei sunt oportet me esse Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 Он сказал им: зачем было вам искать Меня? или вы не знали, что Мне должно быть в том, что принадлежит Отцу Моему? Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

(RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 Då sade han till dem: »Varför behövden I söka efter mig? Vissten I då icke att jag bör vara där min Fader bor?» (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 At sinabi niya sa kanila, Bakit ninyo ako hinahanap? di baga talastas ninyo na dapat akong maglumagak sa bahay ng aking Ama. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Ngài thưa rằng: Cha mẹ kiếm tôi làm chi? Há chẳng biết tôi phải lo việc Cha tôi sao? (VIET)

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