20Arise, take to thee the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.


In Context

17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying,

18 A voice has been heard in Rama, weeping, and great lamentation: Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

19 But Herod having died, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

20 Arise, take to thee the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.

21 And he arose and took to him the little child and its mother, and came into the land of Israel;

22 but having heard that 'Archelaus reigns over Judaea, instead of Herod his father,' he was afraid to go there; and having been divinely instructed in a dream, he went away into the parts of Galilee,

Matthew 2:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:20and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child's life.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:20saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child's life.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead who sought the young child's life.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20|Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20saying, 'Having risen, take the child and his mother, and be going to the land of Israel, for they have died — those seeking the life of the child.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.