Luke 2:31

New Century Version

which you prepared before all people.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Now all people can see your plan.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Wich thou hast prepared before the face of all people.

Hebrew Names Version
Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;

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

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

Update Bible Version
Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;

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

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

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

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
which thou hast maad redi bifor the face of alle puplis;

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

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

Contemporary English Version
and foreign nations will also see this.

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

Bible in Basic English
Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;

Complete Jewish Bible
which you prepared in the presence of all peoples —

Darby Translation
which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

Etheridge Translation
Which thou hast prepared in the face of all the nations;

Murdock Translation
which thou hast prepared in the presence of all nations,

King James Version (1611)
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people.

New Living Translation
which you have prepared for all people.

New Life Bible
You have made Him ready in the sight of all nations.

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people,

George Lamsa Translation
Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Which thou hast prepared in face of all the peoples:

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

Revised Standard Version
which thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whiche thou hast prepared before the face of all people:

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

Christian Standard Bible®
You have prepared itin the presence of all peoples—

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

Lexham English Bible
that you have prepared in the presence of all the peoples,

Literal Translation
which You prepared before the face of all the peoples;

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
who thou hast prepared before all people.

Mace New Testament (1729)
whom thou hast provided for all mankind, a light to lighten the Gentiles,

New English Translation
that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples:

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

Simplified Cowboy Version
Now everyone will know your plan.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

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

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

Psalms 96:1-3, Psalms 96:10-13, Psalms 97:6-8, Psalms 98:2, Psalms 98:3, Isaiah 42:1-4, Isaiah 42:10-12, Isaiah 45:21-25, Isaiah 62:1, Isaiah 62:2

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 5:14 - Nathan Psalms 67:2 - saving Matthew 12:18 - and he Mark 16:15 - into Luke 2:10 - to Acts 15:14 - declared 2 Timothy 1:10 - now

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Which thou hast prepared,.... In his eternal purposes and decrees, having chosen and foreordained Christ, and appointed him to be his salvation, to the ends of the earth; in his counsel and covenant of grace wherein it was agreed, determined, and concluded on, that he should be the Saviour of his people; and in the promises and prophecies of the Old Testament, and in all the types, shadows, and sacrifices, of that dispensation; in which he was exhibited, and held forth as the Saviour to the saints and believers of those times; and now had sent him in human nature, to work out that salvation he had chosen and called him to, and he had undertook:

before the face of all people; meaning not the congregation of Israel, that looked for redemption in Jerusalem, and who were now together with Simeon and Anna, when the child Jesus was presented in the temple; nor the body of the Jewish nation only, to whom he was made manifest, had they not wilfully shut their eyes, by John's ministry and baptism; and more so, by the miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did by Christ, in the midst of them; but both Jews and Gentiles: for, as he was provided and sent as a Saviour, and a great one, he was to be lifted up on the cross, as the serpent was lifted up by Moses, in the wilderness, to draw all his elect to him, of every nation; and to be set up as an ensign to the people, in the public ministry of the word; to be the object of faith and hope, to look unto, for life and salvation.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Before the face of all people - Whom thou hast provided for all people, or whom thou dost design to “reveal” to all people.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 31. Which thou hast prepared — ο ητοιμασας, which thou hast MADE READY before the face, in the presence, of all people. Here salvation is represented under the notion of a feast, which God himself has provided for the whole world; and to partake of which he has invited all the nations of the earth. There seems a direct allusion here to Isaiah 25:6, c. "In this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things," &c. Salvation is properly the food of the soul, by which it is nourished unto eternal life he that receiveth not this, must perish for ever.