Luke 24:5

1395 And whanne thei dredden, and boweden her semblaunt in to the erthe, thei seiden to hem, What seken ye hym that lyueth with deed men? (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

1534 And as they were a frayde and bowed doune their faces to the erth: they sayd to them: why seke ye the lyvinge amonge the deed? (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)

1535 And they were afrayed, and cast downe their faces to the earth. Then sayde they vnto the: What seke ye? the lyuynge amoge the deed? (Coverdale Bible)

1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1540 And as they were afrayde, and bowed doune theyr faces to the erth, they sayde vnto them: why seke ye the lyuynge amonge the deed? (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1549 And as they were afrayed, and bowed doune their faces on the earth: they sayed to them: Why seke ye the lyuinge amonge the dead? (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

1557 (Geneva 1557)

1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition

1568 And as they were afrayde, and bowed downe their faces to the earth, they said vnto them: Why seeke ye the lyuyng among the dead? (Bishop's Bible First Edition

1582 (Rheims 1582)

1587 And as they were afraide, & bowed downe their faces to the earth, they sayd to them, Why seeke ye him that liueth, among the dead? (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1611 And as they were afraid, and bowed downe their faces to the earth, they said vnto them, Why seek ye the liuing among the dead? (King James Version)

1729 upon which they were frightned, and bowed themselves to the very ground: but the men said to them, why do you look among the dead for one that is alive? (Mace New Testament)

1745 And they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth; But they said unto them, Why seek ye him that is alive among the dead? (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

1762 (King James Version)

1769 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

1770 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the ground, the men said unto them, Why do ye seek the living among the dead? (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

1790 And as they were afraid and bowed their face to the earth, they - said to them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

1795 and when they were exceedingly terrified, and inclined their face to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

1833 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said to them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

1835 The women being affrighted, and fixing their eyes on the ground, these said to them, Why do you seek the living among the dead? (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

1849 and they were in fear, and bowed their faces to the earth. And they said to them, Why are you seeking the living with the dead? (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)

1850 (King James Version by Committee)

1851 (Murdock Translation)

1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society

1858 And [the women] being afraid, and bowing their faces to the earth, they said to them, Why do you seek the living with the dead? (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

1865 Afraid and having become of them, and bowing the face to the earth, they said to them: Why seek you the living among the dead-ones? (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

1865 And they being afraid and bowing their faces to the earth, they said to them: Why seek ye the living among the dead? (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

1869 and when they were terrified, and bowed their faces to the earth, the men said to them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

1873 and as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

1885 and as they were affrighted, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

1890 And as they were filled with fear and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living one among the dead? (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

1898 and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, `Why do ye seek the living with the dead? (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

1901 and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)

1902 And, they becoming afraid, and bending their faces unto the ground, they said unto them––Why seek ye the Living One with the dead? (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

1902 and they being afraid, and turning their face towards the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

1904 And, as they became afraid, and were bowing their faces to the earth, they said to them, "Why are ye seeking the Living among the dead? (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

1904 But, when in their fear the women bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them: "Why are you looking among the dead for him who is living? (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

1911 (Syrus Scofield)

1912 The women were terrified; but, as they stood with their faces bowed to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you search among the dead for Him who is living? (Weymouth New Testament)

1918 and the women being afraid and bowing their faces to the earth the angels said to them: Why see among the dead for him that lives? (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

واذ كنّ خائفات ومنكسات وجوههنّ الى الارض قالا لهنّ. لماذا تطلبن الحي بين الاموات. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

(Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Eta nola icituac baitziraden, eta beheititzen baitziraden beguithartez lurrera guicon hec erran ciecén, Cergatic hilén artean bilhatzen duçue vici dena?

Bulgarian

1940 (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 妇女们惊怕，将脸伏地。那两个人就对他们说：为甚麽在死人中找活人呢？ (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 婦女們驚怕，將臉伏地。那兩個人就對他們說：為甚麼在死人中找活人呢？ (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

Et comme elles etaient epouvantees et baissaient le visage contre terre, ils leur dirent: Pourquoi cherchez-vous parmi les morts celui qui est vivant? (French Darby)

1744 Et comme elles étaient toutes épouvantées, et baissaient le visage en terre, ils leur dirent : pourquoi cherchez-vous parmi les morts celui qui est vivant? (Martin 1744)

1744 (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 (Luther 1545)

1871 (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 Und sie erschraken und schlugen ihre Angesichter nieder zur Erde. Da sprachen die zu ihnen: Was suchet ihr den Lebendigen bei den Toten? (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 I quali, essendo esse impaurite, e chinando la faccia a terra, disser loro: Perchè cercate il vivente tra i morti? (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 ed essendo esse impaurite, e chinando il viso a terra, essi dissero loro: Perché cercate il vivente fra i morti? (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

cum timerent autem et declinarent vultum in terram dixerunt ad illas quid quaeritis viventem cum mortuis Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 И когда они были в страхе и наклонили лица свои к земле, сказали им: что вы ищете живого между мертвыми? Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

(RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 Och de blevo förskräckta och böjde sina ansikten ned mot jorden. Då sade mannen till dem »Varför söken I den levande bland de döda? (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 At nang sila'y nangatatakot at nangakatungo ang kanilang mga mukha sa lupa ay sinabi nila sa kanila, Bakit hinahanap ninyo ang buhay sa gitna ng mga patay? (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Họ đương thất kinh, úp mặt xuống đất; thì hai người ấy nói rằng: Sao các ngươi tìm người sống trong vòng kẻ chết? (VIET)

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