Luke 2:9

Bishop's Bible

And loe, the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them, and the glorie of the Lorde shone rounde about them, & they were sore afrayde.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

King James Version (1611)
And loe, the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.

King James Version
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

English Standard Version
And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.

New American Standard Bible
And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood near them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.

New Century Version
Then an angel of the Lord stood before them. The glory of the Lord was shining around them, and they became very frightened.

Amplified Bible
And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord flashed and shone around them, and they were terribly frightened.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.

Legacy Standard Bible
And an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.

Berean Standard Bible
Just then, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

Contemporary English Version
All at once an angel came down to them from the Lord, and the brightness of the Lord's glory flashed around them. The shepherds were frightened.

Complete Jewish Bible
when an angel of Adonai appeared to them, and the Sh'khinah of Adonai shone around them. They were terrified;

Darby Translation
And lo, an angel of [the] Lord was there by them, and [the] glory of [the] Lord shone around them, and they feared [with] great fear.

Easy-to-Read Version
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining around them. The shepherds were very afraid.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And loe, the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, and the glorie of the Lord shone about them, and they were sore afraide.

George Lamsa Translation
And behold, the angel of God came to them, and the glory of the Lord shone on them; and they were seized with a great fear.

Good News Translation
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone over them. They were terribly afraid,

Lexham English Bible
And an angel of the Lord stood near them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terribly frightened.

Literal Translation
And, behold, an angel of the Lord came on them. And the glory of the Lord shone around them. And they feared with a great fear.

American Standard Version
And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

Bible in Basic English
And an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining round about them: and fear came on them.

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And, behold, the angel of Aloha came to them, and the glory of the Lord shone upon them; and they feared with great fear.

Murdock Translation
And lo, the angel of God came to them, and the glory of the Lord shone upon them: and they feared with great fear.

English Revised Version
And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

World English Bible
Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And lo an angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid.

Weymouth's New Testament
when suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round them; and they were filled with terror.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And lo! the aungel of the Lord stood bisidis hem, and the cleernesse of God schinede aboute hem; and thei dredden with greet drede.

Update Bible Version
And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were very afraid.

Webster's Bible Translation
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were in great fear.

New English Translation
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were absolutely terrified.

New King James Version
And behold, [fn] an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.

New Living Translation
Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord's glory surrounded them. They were terrified,

New Life Bible
The angel of the Lord came to them. The shining-greatness of the Lord shone around them. They were very much afraid.

New Revised Standard
Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, a messenger of the Lord, stood over them, and, a glory of the Lord, shone round about them; and they feared, a great fear.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of God shone round about them: and they feared with a great fear.

Revised Standard Version
And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And loo: the angell of ye lorde stode harde by the and the brightnes of ye lorde shone rounde aboute them and they were soare afrayed.

Young's Literal Translation
and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And beholde, ye angell of the LORDE stode by the, and ye brightnes of the LORDE shone rounde aboute them, and they were sore afrayed.

Mace New Testament (1729)
when all of a sudden an angel of the Lord appear'd to them, and a heavenly light shone about them, at which they were greatly affrighted.

Simplified Cowboy Version
An angel appeared to them, and they were scared to death.

Contextual Overview

⁸ There were in ye same countrey sheepheardes, abydyng in the fielde, & watchyng their flocke by nyght. ⁹ And loe, the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them, and the glorie of the Lorde shone rounde about them, & they were sore afrayde. ¹⁰ And the Angel sayde vnto them, be not afrayde: For beholde, I bryng you tydynges of great ioy, that shall come to all people. ¹¹ For vnto you is borne this daye, in the citie of Dauid, a sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde. ¹² And take this for a signe: Ye shal finde the childe wrapped in swadling clothes, and layde in a manger. ¹³ And straightway, there was with the Angel, a multitude of heauenly souldiers, praysyng God, and saying. ¹⁴ Glorie to God on hye, and peace on the earth, and vnto men a good wyll. ¹⁵ And it came to passe, assoone as the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, the sheepheardes said one to another: Let vs go nowe euen vnto Bethlehem, and see this thyng that is come to passe, whiche the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs. ¹⁶ And they came with haste, and founde Marie and Ioseph, and the babe layde in a manger. ¹⁷ And when they had seene it, they publisshed abrode the saying whiche was tolde them, of that childe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lo: Luke 1:11, Luke 1:28, Judges 6:11, Judges 6:12, Matthew 1:20, Acts 27:23, 1 Timothy 3:16

and the: Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:10, Exodus 40:34, Exodus 40:35, 1 Kings 8:11, Isaiah 6:3, Isaiah 35:2, Isaiah 40:5, Isaiah 60:1, Ezekiel 3:23, John 12:41, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Revelation 18:1

and they: Luke 1:12, Isaiah 6:4, Isaiah 6:5, Acts 22:6-9, Acts 26:13, Acts 26:14, Hebrews 12:21, Revelation 20:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:17 - he was John 1:51 - and the Hebrews 1:6 - And let Hebrews 1:14 - ministering

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
And the Lord God planted a garden eastwarde in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had shapen.

Genesis 2:9
Moreouer, out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree, that was fayre to syght, and pleasaunt to eate: The tree of lyfe in the myddest of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euyll.

Genesis 2:17
But as touching the tree of knowlege of good and euyll thou shalt not eate of it: For in what daye so euer thou eatest therof, thou shalt dye the death.

Genesis 3:3
But as for the fruite of the tree which is in the myddes of the garden, God hath sayde, ye shall not eate of it, neither shal ye touche of it, lest peraduenture ye dye.

Deuteronomy 6:25
Moreouer, this shalbe our righteousnesse before the Lorde our God, if we take heede, & kepe all these commaundementes, as he hath commaunded vs.

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her: and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.

Proverbs 11:30
The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.

Isaiah 44:25
I destroy the tokens of witches, and make the soothsayers fooles: As for the wise I turne them backwarde, and make their cunning foolishnesse.

Isaiah 47:10
For thou hast trusted in thy wickednesse, and hast said, No man seeth me: thine owne wisdome and cunning hath deceaued thee, in that thou hast sayd in thyne heart, I am alone, and without me there is none.

Ezekiel 31:16
I made the heathen shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast hym downe to hell with them that descend into the pit: all the excellent trees of Eden, & the best of Libanus, all that drinke waters, shalbe comforted in the neather partes of the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And lo, the angel of the Lord,.... It may be Gabriel, who had brought the tidings of the conception of the Messiah to the virgin, and now the birth of him to the shepherds:

came upon them; on a sudden, unexpectedly, at once, and stood by them, as some versions read; or rather, stood over them, over their heads, just above them; so that he was easily and perfectly seen by them;

and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; or a very glorious and extraordinary light shone with surprising lustre and brightness all around them; by which light, they could discern the illustrious form of the angel that was over them:

and they were sore afraid; at the sight of such a personage, and at such unusual light and glory about them: they were not used to such appearances, and were awed with the majesty of God, of which these were symbols, and were conscious to themselves of their own sinfulness and frailty.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The glory of the Lord - This is the same as a “great” glory - that is, a splendid appearance or “light.” The word “glory” is often the same as light, 1 Corinthians 15:41; Luke 9:31; Acts 22:11. The words “Lord” and “God” are often used to denote “greatness” or “intensity.” Thus, “trees of God” mean great trees; “hills of God,” high or lofty hills, etc. So “the glory of the Lord” here means an exceedingly great or bright luminous appearance perhaps not unlike what Paul saw on the way to Damascus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 2:9. The angel of the Lord came upon them — Or, stood over them, επεστη. It is likely that the angel appeared in the air at some little distance above them, and that from him the rays of the glory of the Lord shone round about them, as the rays of light are protected from the sun.

They were sore afraid. — Terrified with the appearance of so glorious a being, and probably fearing that he was a messenger of justice, coming to denounce Divine judgments, or punish them immediately, for sins with which their consciences would not fail, on such an occasion, to reproach them.