“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;
Parallel translations
- KJV Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
- BSB “Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.
- ESV “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;
- NKJV “Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, According to Your word;
- NASB “Now, Lord, You are letting Your bond-servant depart in peace, According to Your word;
- NLT “Sovereign Lord, now let your servant die in peace, as you have promised.
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Cross-references · 7
- Rev 14:13I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”
- Gen 15:15but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
- Gen 46:30Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
- Phil 1:23But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
- Luke 2:26It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
- Isa 57:1–2The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
- Ps 37:37Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
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