11 translations · Greek
Luke 2:14
“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
Luke 2:14 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
- KJV King James Version
- Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- “Glory in the highest to God, and on earth peace, among men—good will!”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- “Glory to the God of heaven, and on earth peace to those who please him!”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Glory in the highest to God, and upon earth peace, among men — good will.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will towards men.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Δόξα | Doxa | Glory | G1391 δόξα glory |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ὑψίστοις | hypsistois | [the] highest | G5310 ὕψιστος Highest |
| Θεῷ | Theō | to God | G2316 θεός God |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἐπὶ | epi | on | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| γῆς | gēs | earth | G1093 γῆ earth: planet |
| εἰρήνη | eirēnē | peace | G1515 εἰρήνη peace |
| ἐν | en | to | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ἀνθρώποις | anthrōpois | men | G444 ἄνθρωπος a human |
| εὐδοκίας | eudokias | on whom His favor rests | G2107 εὐδοκία goodwill |
Related verses
- Romans 5:1
Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
- Luke 19:38
saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”
- Luke 1:79
to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
- Colossians 1:20
and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
- Isaiah 9:6–7
For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
- Hebrews 13:20–21
Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Psalm 85:9–12
Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven. …
- Revelation 5:13
I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”
- Titus 3:4–7
But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior; …
- Ephesians 3:20–21
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
12 This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.”
13 Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
15 When the angels went away from them into the sky, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
16 They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
Read all of Luke 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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