42because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.


In Context

39 "Return home and tell how much God has done for you." So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.

40 Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.

41 Then a man named Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, came and fell at Jesus' feet, pleading with him to come to his house

42 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.

43 As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her.

44 She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

Luke 8:42 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:42For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:42For he had an only daughter, almost twelve years old, and she was dying. And it happened as he went, that he was thronged by the multitudes.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:42for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went the multitudes thronged him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:42because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as he went the crowds thronged him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:42for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the multitudes thronged him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:42For he had one daughter only, about twelve years of age, and she lay dying. (But as he was going, the people thronged him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:42for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:42because he had an only daughter about twelve years old, and she was dying. And in his going away, the multitudes were thronging him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:42For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.