Matthew 2:7

NETBible

Then Herod 1  privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

NIV ©

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

NASB ©

Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.

NLT ©

Then Herod sent a private message to the wise men, asking them to come see him. At this meeting he learned the exact time when they first saw the star.

MSG ©

Herod then arranged a secret meeting with the scholars from the East. Pretending to be as devout as they were, he got them to tell him exactly when the birth-announcement star appeared.

BBE ©

Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

NRSV ©

Then Herod secretly called for the wise men and learned from them the exact time when the star had appeared.

NKJV ©

Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared.

KJV
Then
<5119>
Herod
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when he had privily
<2977>
called
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the wise men
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enquired
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of
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them
<846>
diligently
<198> (5656)
what time
<5550>
the star
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appeared
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NASB ©
Then
<5119>
Herod
<2264>
secretly
<2977>
called
<2564>
the magi
<3097>
and determined
<198>
from them the exact
<5550>
time
<5550>
the star
<792>
appeared
<5316>
.
NET [draft] ITL
Then
<5119>
Herod
<2264>
privately
<2977>
summoned
<2564>
the wise men
<3097>
and determined
<198>
from
<3844>
them
<846>
when the star
<792>
had appeared
<5316>
.
GREEK
tote hrwdhv layra kalesav magouv hkribwsen autwn ton cronon tou fainomenou
NETBible

Then Herod 1  privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

NET Notes

1 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.