12And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.


In Context

9 Who having heard the king, went their way; and behold the star which they had seen in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was.

10 And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

11 And entering into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and falling down they adored him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

12 And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.

13 And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.

14 Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:

Matthew 2:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:12And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12And being warned by God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12and having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.