Luke 2:31
New International Version
which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:

New Living Translation
which you have prepared for all people.

English Standard Version
that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

Berean Standard Bible
which You have prepared in the sight of all people,

Berean Literal Bible
which You have prepared before the face of all the peoples,

King James Bible
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

New King James Version
Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,

New American Standard Bible
Which You have prepared in the presence of all the peoples:

NASB 1995
Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

NASB 1977
Which Thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples,

Legacy Standard Bible
Which You prepared in the presence of all peoples,

Amplified Bible
Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

Christian Standard Bible
You have prepared it in the presence of all peoples —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You have prepared it in the presence of all peoples—

American Standard Version
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Him whom you have prepared in the sight of all the peoples.”

Contemporary English Version
and foreign nations will also see this.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:

English Revised Version
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
which you have prepared for all people to see.

Good News Translation
which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples:

International Standard Version
which you prepared for all people to see—

Literal Standard Version
which You prepared before the face of all the peoples,

Majority Standard Bible
which You have prepared in the sight of all people,

New American Bible
which you prepared in sight of all the peoples,

NET Bible
that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples:

New Revised Standard Version
which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

New Heart English Bible
which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;

Webster's Bible Translation
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

Weymouth New Testament
Which Thou hast made ready in the sight of all nations--

World English Bible
which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;

Young's Literal Translation
which Thou didst prepare before the face of all the peoples,

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Context
The Prophecy of Simeon
30For my eyes have seen Your salvation, 31which You have prepared in the sight of all people, 32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”…

Cross References
Luke 2:30
For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

Luke 2:32
a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel."


Treasury of Scripture

Which you have prepared before the face of all people;

Psalm 96:1-3,10-13
O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth…

Psalm 97:6-8
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory…

Psalm 98:2,3
The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen…

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Luke 2
1. Augustus taxes all the Roman empire.
6. The nativity of Jesus.
8. An angel relates it to the shepherds, and many sing praises to God for it.
15. The shepherds glorify God.
21. Jesus is circumcised.
22. Mary purified.
25. Simeon and Anna prophesy of Jesus,
39. who increases in wisdom,
41. questions in the temple with the teachers,
51. and is obedient to his parents.














(31) Before the face of all people.--Literally, of all peoples. The word expresses the universality of the salvation which the next verse contemplates in its application to the two great divisions of the human family.

Verses 31, 32. - Before the face of all people; a Light to lighten the Gentiles; more accurately rendered, all peoples. Men like Isaiah, who lived several centuries before the nativity, with their glorious farreaching prophecies, such as Isaiah 52:10, were far in advance of the narrow, selfish Jewish schools of the age of Jesus Christ. It was, perhaps, the hardest lesson the apostles and first teachers of the faith had to master - this full, free admission of the vast Gentile world into the kingdom of their God. Simeon, in his song, however, distinctly repeats the broad, generous sayings of the older prophets.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
which
(ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

You have prepared
ἡτοίμασας (hētoimasas)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2090: To make ready, prepare. From hetoimos; to prepare.

in
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

the sight
πρόσωπον (prosōpon)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4383: From pros and ops; the front, i.e. The countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person.

of all
πάντων (pantōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

people,
λαῶν (laōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 2992: Apparently a primary word; a people.


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