Luke 2:12

NETBible

This 1  will be a sign 2  for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.” 3 

NIV ©

This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

NASB ©

"This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

NLT ©

And this is how you will recognize him: You will find a baby lying in a manger, wrapped snugly in strips of cloth!"

MSG ©

This is what you're to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and lying in a manger."

BBE ©

And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.

NRSV ©

This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger."

NKJV ©

"And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger."

KJV
And
<2532>
this
<5124>
[shall be] a sign
<4592>
unto you
<5213>_;
Ye shall find
<2147> (5692)
the babe
<1025>
wrapped in swaddling clothes
<4683> (5772)_,
lying
<2749> (5740)
in
<1722>
a manger
<5336>_.
NASB ©
"This
<3778>

will be
a sign
<4592>
for you: you will find
<2147>
a baby
<1025>
wrapped
<4683>
in cloths
<4683>
and lying
<2749>
in a manger
<5336>
."
NET [draft] ITL
This
<5124>
will be a sign
<4592>
for you
<5213>
: You will find
<2147>
a baby
<1025>
wrapped in strips of cloth
<4683>
and
<2532>
lying
<2749>
in
<1722>
a manger
<5336>
.”
GREEK
kai touto umin shmeion eurhsete esparganwmenon keimenon fatnh
NETBible

This 1  will be a sign 2  for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.” 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Grk “And this.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

2 sn The sign functions for the shepherds like Elizabeth’s conception served for Mary in 1:36.

3 tn Or “a feeding trough,” see Luke 2:7.