Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

King James Version

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

Holman Bible

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship Him.”

International Standard Version

and sent them to Bethlehem. He told them, "As you go, search carefully for the child. When you find him, tell me so that I, too, may go and worship him."

A Conservative Version

And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, After going, search diligently about the child. And when ye find him, report to me, so that I also having come, may worship him.

American Standard Version

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.

Amplified

Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

An Understandable Version

So, he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and find out the details about the young child, and when you have found him, come and tell me, so I can go and worship him myself."

Anderson New Testament

and sending them to Bethlehem, he said: Go, make strict inquiry for the young child: and when you have found him, bring me word, that I also may go and do him homage.

Bible in Basic English

And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.

Common New Testament

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child, and when you have found him, bring back word to me, so that I too may come and worship him."

Daniel Mace New Testament

and he sent them to Bethlehem, go, said he, make an exact enquiry about the young child, and when ye have found him, let me know it, that I too may come and pay my adorations to him.

Darby Translation

and having sent them to Bethlehem, said, Go, search out accurately concerning the child, and when ye shall have found him bring me back word, so that I also may come and do him homage.

Godbey New Testament

and sending them to Bethlehem he said; Having gone search diligently for the young child; and when you may find Him, notify me, in order that I, having gone, may worship Him also.

Goodspeed New Testament

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said to them, "Go and inquire particularly about the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, so that I may go and do homage to him too."

John Wesley New Testament

And sending them to Bethlehem, he said, Go, inquire exactly concerning the young child, and if ye find him, bring me word again, that I also may come and worship him.

Julia Smith Translation

And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, Having gone, examine thoroughly concerning the child; and when ye should find, announce ye to me, so that I also, having gone, will worship him.

King James 2000

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he sent them to Bethlehem [and] said, "Go, inquire carefully concerning the child, and when you have found [him], report to me so that I also may come [and] worship him."

Modern King James verseion

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child. And when you have found him, bring me word again so that I may come and worship him also.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search diligently for the child. And when ye have found him, bring me word, that I may come and worship him also."

Moffatt New Testament

He also sent them to Bethlehem, telling them, "Go and make a careful search for the child, and when you have found him report to me, so that I may go and worship him too."

Montgomery New Testament

Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and make careful inquiry about the child, and as soon as you have found him bring me word, that I, too, may go and worship him."

NET Bible

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well."

New Heart English Bible

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child, and when you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

Noyes New Testament

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search carefully for the child; and when ye have found him, bring me word, that I also may go and do him homage.

Sawyer New Testament

and sending them to Bethlehem, said, Go and inquire diligently for the young child, and when you have found him, tell me, that I also may come and worship him.

The Emphasized Bible

and sending them to Bethlehem, said - Go search out accurately concerning the child, - and, as soon as ye find it, bring report unto me, that, I also, may come and bow myself down to it.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

and sending them to Bethlehem said, Go, and procure the most exact information respecting this child; and when you have found him, bring me intelligence, that I may come, and pay him homage also.

Twentieth Century New Testament

And, sending them to Bethlehem, he said: "Go and make careful inquiries about the child, and, as soon as you have found him, bring me word, that I, too, may go and do homage to him."

Webster

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go, and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

Weymouth New Testament

He then directed them to go to Bethlehem, adding, "Go and make careful inquiry about the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and do him homage."

Williams New Testament

So he sent them to Bethlehem with this order, "Go and carefully search for the child, and when you find Him, bring back word to me, and I too may come and do Him homage."

World English Bible

He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

Worrell New Testament

and, sending them to Bethlehem, he said, "Having gone, inquire ye exactly concerning the Child; and, when ye find Him, bring me word, that I, too, having come, may worship Him."

Worsley New Testament

and sending them to Bethlehem, he said, Go and make diligent search for the child, and when ye have found Him, let me know, that I also may come and worship Him.

Youngs Literal Translation

and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, 'Having gone -- inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

he sent
πέμπω 
Pempo 
Usage: 39


Usage: 0

to
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

Βηθλεέμ 
Bethleem 
Usage: 8

and said
ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

Go
πορεύομαι 
Poreuomai 
go, depart, walk, go way,
Usage: 101

and search
ἐξετάζω 
Exetazo 
Usage: 2

ἀκριβῶς 
Akribos 
Usage: 5

for
περί 
Peri 
Usage: 254

the young child
παιδίον 
Paidion 
Usage: 35

and
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

ἐπάν 
Epan 
Usage: 1

ye have found
εὑρίσκω 
heurisko 
find,
Usage: 130

ἀπαγγέλλω 
Apaggello 
Usage: 40

me
μοί 
Moi 
me, my, I, mine
Usage: 152

ἀπαγγέλλω 
Apaggello 
Usage: 40

ὅπως 
Hopos 
that, how, to, so that, when, because
Usage: 43

I
κἀγώ κἀμοί κἀμέ 
Kago 
and I, I also, so I, I, even I, me also,
Usage: 39

ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

and worship
προσκυνέω 
Proskuneo 
Usage: 49

him

Usage: 0

Context Readings

Wise Men Visit Jesus

7 Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.” 9 After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was.


Cross References

1 Samuel 23:22-23

Go now, make more sure, and investigate and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very cunning.

2 Samuel 15:7-12

Now it came about at the end of forty years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow which I have vowed to the Lord, in Hebron.

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity on Absalom.

1 Kings 19:2

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”

2 Kings 10:18-19

Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

Ezra 4:1-2

Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the exile were building a temple to the Lord God of Israel,

Job 5:12-13

“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

Psalm 12:2-3

They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.

Psalm 33:10-11

The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Psalm 55:11-15

Destruction is in her midst;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom and no understanding
And no counsel against the Lord.

Proverbs 26:24-25

He who hates disguises it with his lips,
But he lays up deceit in his heart.

Jeremiah 41:5-7

that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the house of the Lord.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has commanded it?

Matthew 26:48-49

Now he who was betraying Him gave them a sign, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him.”

Luke 20:20-21

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

1 Corinthians 3:19-20

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;

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