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."


In Context

17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

18 "A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."

19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

20 and 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."

21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20Arise, 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.

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.