Luke 2:35

Bible in Basic English

(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and a sword will pierce your own soul—that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

King James Version (1611)
(Yea a sword shall pearce thorow thy owne soule also) that the thoughts of many hearts may be reuealed.

King James Version
(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

English Standard Version
(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed."

New American Standard Bible
and a sword will pierce your own soul—to the end that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed."

New Century Version
so that the thoughts of many will be made known. And the things that will happen will make your heart sad, too."

Amplified Bible
and a sword [of deep sorrow] will pierce through your own soul—so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and a sword will pierce even your own soul—to the end that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed."

Legacy Standard Bible
and a sword will pierce through your own soul as well—that the thoughts from many hearts may be revealed."

Berean Standard Bible
so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed-and a sword will pierce your soul as well."

Contemporary English Version
and you, Mary, will suffer as though you had been stabbed by a dagger. But all this will show what people are really thinking."

Complete Jewish Bible
moreover, a sword will pierce your own heart too. All this will happen in order to reveal many people's inmost thoughts."

Darby Translation
(and even a sword shall go through thine own soul;) so that [the] thoughts may be revealed from many hearts.

Easy-to-Read Version
So the secret thoughts of many will be made known. And the things that happen will be painful for you—like a sword cutting through your heart."

Geneva Bible (1587)
(Yea and a sworde shall pearce through thy soule) that the thoughts of many heartes may be opened.

George Lamsa Translation
And a sword will pierce through your own soul; so that the thoughts of the hearts of many may be revealed.

Good News Translation
and so reveal their secret thoughts. And sorrow, like a sharp sword, will break your own heart."

Lexham English Bible
and a sword will pierce your own soul also, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed!"

Literal Translation
yea, a sword also will pierce your own soul, so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

American Standard Version
yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

Hebrew Names Version
Yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul, that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed."

International Standard Version
so that the inner thoughts of many people might be revealed. Indeed, a sword will pierce your own soul, too."Psalm 42:10; John 19:25;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And through thine own soul shall pass a spear, that may be revealed the reasonings of the hearts of many.

Murdock Translation
(and also a dart will pierce thy own soul); that the thoughts of the hearts of many may be disclosed.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And moreouer, the sworde shall pearce thy soule, that the thoughtes of many heartes may be opened.

English Revised Version
yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

World English Bible
Yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul, that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(Yea, and a sword shall pierce thro' thy own soul also) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

Weymouth's New Testament
and a sword will pierce through your own soul also; that the reasonings in many hearts may be revealed."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And a swerd schal passe thorou thin owne soule, that the thouytis ben schewid of many hertis.

Update Bible Version
and a sword shall pierce through your own soul also; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

Webster's Bible Translation
(And a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

New English Translation
Indeed, as a result of him the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul as well!"

New King James Version
(yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."

New Living Translation
As a result, the deepest thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your very soul."

New Life Bible
A sword will cut through your soul. By this the thoughts of many hearts will be understood."

New Revised Standard
so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul too."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, thou! through thy very soul, shall pass a sword, that, reasonings, may be revealed, out of many hearts.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed.

Revised Standard Version
(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And morover the swearde shall pearce thy soule yt the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened.

Young's Literal Translation
(and also thine own soul shall a sword pass through) -- that the reasonings of many hearts may be revealed.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the swerde shal pearse thy soule, that the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened.

Mace New Testament (1729)
which like a dart will pierce even thro' your own soul, that thereby the sincerity of many may be revealed."

Simplified Cowboy Version
He will reveal the hearts of all people. But I'm telling you that the things that will come will bring you much pain—it'll be like a blade through your heart."

Contextual Overview

²⁵ And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him. ²⁶ And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ. ²⁷ And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law, ²⁸ Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said, ²⁹ Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said; ³⁰ For my eyes have seen your salvation, ³¹ Which you have made ready before the face of all nations; ³² A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel. ³³ And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him. ³⁴ And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a sword: Psalms 42:10, John 19:25

that: Luke 16:14, Luke 16:15, Deuteronomy 8:2, Judges 5:15, Judges 5:16, Matthew 12:24-35, John 8:42-47, John 15:22-24, Acts 8:21-23, 1 Corinthians 11:19, 1 John 2:19

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:20 - and then died Matthew 13:57 - they 1 Corinthians 3:13 - shall be revealed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,.... Meaning either the sword, "or spear of scandal", as the Arabic version renders it; so the calumny, and reproach of the tongues of men, is compared to a sharp sword, Psalms 57:4 and such the virgin might meet with on account of her conception in art unmarried state, which might greatly wound her soul; or else the sorrows she met with on account of her son: as he was a man of sorrows, so was she a woman of sorrows, from his cradle to his cross; and his sorrows, like so many darts, or javelins, rebounded from him to her, and pierced her soul through; as when Herod sought his life, Matthew 2:13 when she had lost him for a whole day, Luke 2:48 and when he was frequently exposed to danger among the spiteful and malicious Jews; but never more than when she stood at his cross, and saw him, in his agonies, extended on the tree, bleeding, gasping, and dying,

John 19:25. Some think this refers to martyrdom, which she was to suffer by the sword, of which the Scripture is silent, Epiphanius, an ancient writer, seems to hint at it n.

That the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed; that is, all this offence was to be taken at Christ, and he to be spoken against; and all these afflictions, reproaches, and persecutions, he and his were to endure for this end; that the secret thoughts of men might be discovered, and they be known to be what they were, whether hypocrites, or good men, foes or friends of Christ: so on the one hand, what were the Scribes and Pharisees, who talked of a Messiah, and pretended to righteousness and holiness, and yet when the Messiah came, rejected him, and so all such who followed Christ with worldly views, and expected a temporal kingdom, but left him when they found it otherwise, and Judas, one of his disciples; and, on the other hand, who were sincere and hearty? as the rest of his disciples, Joseph of Arimathea, and others, who abode by him, notwithstanding the cross; and the same use have all persecutions, errors, and heresies, the opposition and contradiction of men in every shape now, and the same end is answered; wicked men, and hypocrites, are known to be what they are; and good men are made manifest; and what each think of Christ and his Gospel, is discovered hereby; see 1 Corinthians 11:19.

n Contr. Haeres. 72.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, a sword ... - The sufferings and death of thy Son shall deeply afflict thy soul. And if Mary had not been thus forewarned and sustained by strong faith, she could not have borne the trials which came upon her Son; but God prepared her for it, and the holy mother of the dying Saviour was sustained.

That the thoughts ... - This is connected with the preceding verse: “He shall be a sign, a conspicuous object to be spoken against, that the thoughts of many hearts may be made manifest - that is, that they “might show” how much they hated holiness. Nothing so “brings out” the feelings of sinners as to tell them of Jesus Christ. Many treat him with silent contempt; many are ready to gnash their teeth; many curse him; all show how much by nature the heart is opposed to religion, and thus are really, in spite of themselves, fulfilling the scriptures and the prophecies. So true it that “none can say that Jesus is Lord but by the Holy Ghost,” 1 Corinthians 12:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 35. Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also — Probably meaning, Thou also, as well as thy son, shall die a martyr for the truth. But as this is a metaphor used by the most respectable Greek writers to express the most pungent sorrow, it may here refer to the anguish Mary must have felt when standing beside the cross of her tortured son: John 19:25.