Luke 4:22 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, `Is not this the son of Joseph?`

English ASV

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, Is not this Josephs son?

English Amplified

And all spoke well of Him and marveled at the words of grace that came forth from His mouth; and they said, Is not this Joseph's Son?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And all spoke well of Him and marveled at the words of grace that came forth from His mouth; and they said, Is not this Joseph's Son?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They were all speaking well of him and were amazed by the gracious words that came from his mouth; yet they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

English EASY 2024

Everyone was talking about Jesus. They were surprised at the good way in which he spoke. They said to each other, ‘We know that he is only Joseph's son.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Everyone there said good things about Jesus. They were amazed to hear him speak such wonderful words. They said, "How is this possible? Isn't he Joseph's son?"

And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?"

English GNT (Good News Translation)

They were all well impressed with him and marveled at the eloquent words that he spoke. They said, “Isn't he the son of Joseph?”

English God's Word - GW 1995

All the people spoke well of him. They were amazed to hear the gracious words flowing from his lips. They said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They were all speaking well of Him and were amazed by the gracious words that came from His mouth, yet they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"

English KJV 1611

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

English LSB

And all were speaking well of Him and marveling at the gracious words which were coming forth from His lips, and they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

All bore witness to Him, and wondered at the gracious words which came from His mouth. Then they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips; and they were saying, "Is this not Joseph's son?"

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, "Isn't this the son of Joseph?"

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Everyone said good things about him. They were amazed at the gracious words they heard from his lips. "Isn't this Joseph's son?" they asked.

English NIV

All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. "Isn't this Joseph's son?" they asked.

English NKJ 1982

So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

English NLT

All who were there spoke well of him and were amazed by the gracious words that fell from his lips. "How can this be?" they asked. "Isn't this Joseph's son?"

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, "Is not this Joseph's son?"

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Everyone was impressed by how well Jesus spoke, in awe of the beautiful words of grace that came from his lips. But they said among themselves, “ Who does he think he is? Isn’t he Joseph’s son, who grew up here in Nazareth?”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And all spoke well of him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth; and they said, “Is not this Joseph's son?”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

All who were there spoke well of him and were amazed by the beautiful words that fell from his lips. “How can this be?“ they asked. “Isn't this Joseph's son?“

English Tyndale 1537

And all they bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words, which proceeded out of his mouth, and said: Is not this Joseph's son?