Luke 19:3

1534 And he made meanes to se Iesus what he shuld be: and coulde not for the preace because he was of a lowe stature. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)

1535 and desyred to se Iesus what he shulde be, and he coulde not for the people, for he was lowe of stature. (Coverdale Bible)

1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1540 And he sought meanes to se Iesus, what he shuld be: and coulde not for the preace, because he was lytle of stature. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1549 And he made meanes to se Iesus, what he shulde be, and coulde not for the prease, because he was of a lowe stature. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

1557 (Geneva 1557)

1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition

1568 And he sought [meanes] to see Iesus, what he shoulde be, & coulde not for the preasse, because he was litle of stature. (Bishop's Bible First Edition

1582 (Rheims 1582)

1587 And he sought to see Iesus, who hee should be, and coulde not for the preasse, because he was of a lowe stature. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1611 And he sought to see Iesus who he was, and could not for the prease, because he was litle of stature. (King James Version)

1729 was very desirous to see the person of Jesus, but could not for the crowd, he being of a low stature. (Mace New Testament)

1745 And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and could not for the multitude, because he was little of stature. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

1762 (King James Version)

1769 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

1770 And he sought to see Jesus who He was; but he could not for the croud; for he was little of stature. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

1790 And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

1795 And he was desirous to have a sight of Jesus, what sort of person he was; and he could not, because of the crowd, for he was short of stature. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

1833 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

1835 endeavored to see what sort of person he was, but could not for the press, being of a low stature. (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

1849 and he wished to see Jeshu, who he was, and could not for the crowd, because in his stature Zakai was small. (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 sought to see Jesus, who he was; and could not on account of the multitude, because he was of small stature. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

1865 And he sought to see the Jesus, who he is; and not was able on account of the crowd, for the stature little was. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

1865 And he sought to see Jesus, who he was; and he could not on account of the multitude, because he was small in stature. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

1869 And he sought to see Jesus, what sort of man he was; and he could not on account of the multitude; because he was small of stature. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

1873 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

1885 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

1890 And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the crowd, because he was little in stature. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

1898 and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small, (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

1901 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)

1902 And he was seeking to see Jesus, what sort of man he was, and could not for the multitude, because, in stature, he was, small. (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

1902 And he was seeking to see Jesus, who He is; and was not able on account of the multitude, because he was small in stature. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

1904 And he was seeking to see Jesus, Who He was; and was not able on account of the multitude; because he was small in stature. (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

1904 He tried to see what Jesus was like; but, being short, he was unable to do so because of the crowd. (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

1911 (Syrus Scofield)

1912 He was anxious to see what sort of man Jesus was; but he could not because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. (Weymouth New Testament)

1918 and he sought to see Jesus, who he was, and could not from the multitude, for in stature he was small. (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)

1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)

1982 (New King James Version)

1984 (New International Version)

1995 (New American Standard Bible) (©1995)

1999 (American King James Version)AKJV

2005 (Today’s New International Version)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

(Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

(Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Eta ikussi nahiz çabilan, cein cen Iesus: eta ecin ceçaqueen gendetzearen causaz: ecen thaillu chipitaco cen.

Bulgarian

1940 (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 他要看看耶稣是怎样的人；只因人多，他的身量又矮，所以不得看见， (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 他要看看耶穌是怎樣的人；只因人多，他的身量又矮，所以不得看見， (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

et il cherchait à voir Jesus, quel il etait; et il ne pouvait, à cause de la foule, car il etait petit de taille. (French Darby)

1744 Tâchait de voir lequel était Jésus, mais il ne pouvait à cause de la foule, car il était petit. (Martin 1744)

1744 (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 (Luther 1545)

1871 (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 Und er begehrte Jesum zu sehen, wer er wäre, und konnte nicht vor dem Volk; denn er war klein von Person. (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 e cercava di veder Gesù, per saper chi egli era; ma non poteva per la moltitudine, perciocchè egli era piccolo di statura. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 cercava di veder chi era Gesù, ma non poteva a motivo della folla, perché era piccolo di statura. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

et quaerebat videre Iesum quis esset et non poterat prae turba quia statura pusillus erat Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 искал видеть Иисуса, кто Он, но не мог за народом, потому что мал был ростом, Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

(RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 Denne ville gärna veta vem som var Jesus och ville se honom, men han kunde det icke för folkets skull, ty han var liten till växten. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 At pinagpipilitan niyang makita si Jesus kung sino kaya siya; at hindi mangyari, dahil sa maraming tao, sapagka't siya'y pandak. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Người đó tìm xem Ðức Chúa Jêsus là ai, nhưng không thấy được, vì đoàn dân đông lắm, mà mình lại thấp. (VIET)

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