Luke 2:29

New Century Version

"Now, Lord, you can let me, your servant, die in peace as you said.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
"Now, Lord, you can let me, your servant, die in peace as you said.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Lorde Now lettest thou thy seruaut departe in peace accordinge to thy promes.

Hebrew Names Version
"Now let you your servant depart, Lord, According to your word, in shalom;

International Standard Version
"Master, now you are allowing your servant to leave in peaceGenesis 46:30; Philippians 1:23;">[xr] according to your word.

New American Standard Bible
"Now, Lord, You are letting Your bond-servant depart in peace, According to Your word;

Update Bible Version
Now let you your slave depart, Lord, According to your word, in peace;

Webster's Bible Translation
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

Amplified Bible
"Now, Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to leave [this world] in peace, According to Your word;

English Standard Version
"Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;

World English Bible
"Now let you your servant depart, Lord, According to your word, in peace;

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

Weymouth's New Testament
"Now, O Sovereign Lord, Thou dost send Thy servant away in peace, in fulfilment of Thy word,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Lord, now thou leuyst thi seruaunt aftir thi word in pees;

English Revised Version
Now lettest thou thy servant depart, O Lord, According to thy word, in peace;

Berean Standard Bible
"Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.

Contemporary English Version
"Lord, I am your servant, and now I can die in peace, because you have kept your promise to me.

American Standard Version
Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;

Bible in Basic English
Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;

Complete Jewish Bible
"Now, Adonai , according to your word, your servant is at peace as you let him go;

Darby Translation
Lord, now thou lettest thy bondman go, according to thy word, in peace;

Etheridge Translation
Now dismiss thy servant, my Lord, according to thy word, in peace;

Murdock Translation
My Lord, now release thou thy servant in peace, as thou hast said:

King James Version (1611)
Lord now lettest thou thy seruant depart in peace, according to thy word.

New Living Translation
"Sovereign Lord, now let your servant die in peace, as you have promised.

New Life Bible
"Lord, now let me die in peace, as You have said.

New Revised Standard
"Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Lorde, nowe lettest thou thy seruaunt depart in peace, according to thy woorde,

George Lamsa Translation
Now dismiss thy servant, O my Lord, in peace, according to your word;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, dost thou dismiss thy servant, O Sovereign, according to thy declaration - in peace;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace:

Revised Standard Version
"Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Lord nowe lettest thou thy seruaut depart in peace, accordyng to thy promise.

Good News Translation
"Now, Lord, you have kept your promise, and you may let your servant go in peace.

Christian Standard Bible®
Now, Master,you can dismiss your servant in peace,as you promised.

King James Version
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

Lexham English Bible
"Now dismiss your slave in peace, Lord, according to your word.

Literal Translation
Now, Master, You will let Your slave go in peace according to Your Word;

Young's Literal Translation
`Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
LORDE, now lettest thou thy seruaut departe in peace, acordinge to thy promesse.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Lord, thou wilt grant thy servant a happy death, according to thy promise.

New English Translation
"Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace.

New King James Version
"Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, According to Your word;

Simplified Cowboy Version
"Now, I can die and go to God in peace.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to depart in peace, According to Your word;

Legacy Standard Bible
"Now Master, You are releasing Your slave in peace,According to Your word.

Contextual Overview

²⁵ In Jerusalem lived a man named Simeon who was a good man and godly. He was waiting for the time when God would take away Israel's sorrow, and the Holy Spirit was in him. ²⁶ Simeon had been told by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he saw the Christ promised by the Lord. ²⁷ The Spirit led Simeon to the Temple. When Mary and Joseph brought the baby Jesus to the Temple to do what the law said they must do, ²⁸ Simeon took the baby in his arms and thanked God: ²⁹ "Now, Lord, you can let me, your servant, die in peace as you said. ³⁰ With my own eyes I have seen your salvation, ³¹ which you prepared before all people. ³² It is a light for the non-Jewish people to see and an honor for your people, the Israelites." ³³ Jesus' father and mother were amazed at what Simeon had said about him. ³⁴ Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, "God has chosen this child to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel. He will be a sign from God that many people will not accept

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

now: Genesis 15:15, Genesis 46:30, Psalms 37:37, Isaiah 57:1, Isaiah 57:2, Philippians 1:23, Revelation 14:13

according: Luke 2:26

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:21 - Behold Genesis 49:33 - and yielded Numbers 23:10 - the death 2 Samuel 19:37 - I may die Proverbs 13:12 - when Proverbs 14:32 - the righteous Proverbs 16:31 - if Daniel 12:13 - rest Matthew 13:16 - General 2 Corinthians 5:8 - and willing 2 Peter 3:14 - in peace

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant,.... He acknowledges him as his Lord, and to have a despotic power over him with respect to life and death; and himself as his servant, which he was, both by creation and grace: and though it expresses humiliation, and a sense of distance and unworthiness, yet to be a servant of the most high God, is a very high and honourable character: what he requests of the Lord is that he might

depart in peace; signifying his hearty desire to die, and with what cheerfulness he should meet death, having obtained all that he could wish for and desire, in seeing and embracing the Saviour: he expresses his death, by a departure out of the world, as in John 13:1 Philippians 1:21 agreeably to the way of speaking of it among the Jews.

Philippians 1:21- : and by a word, which signifies a loosing of bonds; death being a dissolving the bond of union, between soul and body, and a deliverance, as from prison and bondage; the body being, as it were, a prison to the soul in the present state of things: and he also intimates, that whereas, though he had the strongest assurances of the Messiah's coming, and of his coming before his death, by the revelation of the Holy Ghost, and so most firmly believed it, without fluctuation, and hesitation of mind; yet as hope deferred makes the heart sick, he was anxious and restless in his desire, till it was accomplished; but now being come, he could take his leave of the world, and his entrance into eternity, with the greatest calmness and tranquillity of mind, having nothing to disturb him, nor more to desire: he adds,

according to thy word; for he seems to have understood by the revelation made to him, that as he should not die before he saw the Messiah, so, when he had seen him, that he should immediately, or in a very short time after, be removed by death; and which he greatly desired, and in which, he sinned not, because his request was according to the word of God: whereas often, desires of death are not only without the word of God, and due resignation to his will, and any regard to his glory, but to be rid of some trouble, or gratify some lust, as pride, revenge, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now lettest - Now thou “dost” let or permit. This word is in the indicative mood, and signifies that God was permitting him to die in peace, by having relieved his anxieties, allayed his fears, fulfilled the promises, and having by the appearing of the Messiah, removed every reason why he should live any longer, and every wish to live.

Depart - Die.

According to thy word - Thy promise made by revelation. God never disappoints. To many it might have appeared improbable, when such a promise was made to an old man, that it should be fulfilled. But God fulfils all his word, keeps all his promises, and never disappoints those who trust in him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace — Now thou dismissest, απολυεις, loosest him from life; having lived long enough to have the grand end of life accomplished.

According to thy word — It was promised to him, that he should not die till he had seen the Lord's anointed, Luke 2:26; and now, having seen him, he expects to be immediately dismissed in peace into the eternal world; having a full assurance and enjoyment of the salvation of God. Though Simeon means his death, yet the thing itself is not mentioned; for death has not only lost its sting, but its name also, to those who have, even by faith, seen the Lord's anointed.