luke 2:31 which thou hast prepared before the face of all people

Luke 2:31

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Which thou hast prepared in face of all the peoples:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— which Thou didst prepare before the face of all the peoples,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples,
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— Which thou hast prepared in the face of all the nations;
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— which thou hast prepared in the presence of all nations,

Which 3739

{3739} Prime
ὅς
hos
{hos}

Probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article G3588); the relative (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that.

thou hast prepared 2090

{2090} Prime
ἑτοιμάζω
hetoimazo
{het-oy-mad'-zo}

From G2092; to prepare.

z5656

<5656> Grammar

Tense - Aorist (See G5777)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 2319

before 2596

{2596} Prime
κατά
kata
{kat-ah'}

A primary particle; (preposition) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case [genitive, dative or accusative] with which it is joined).

the face 4383

{4383} Prime
πρόσωπον
prosopon
{pros'-o-pon}

From G4314 and ὤψ [[ops]] (the visage; from G3700); the front (as being towards view), that is, the countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication presence, person.

of all 3956

{3956} Prime
πᾶς
pas
{pas}

Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

people; 2992

{2992} Prime
λαός
laos
{lah-os'}

Apparently a primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from G1218, which denotes one's own populace).

Luke 2:31-32

_ _ all people — all the peoples, mankind at large.

_ _ a light to the Gentiles — then in thick darkness.

_ _ glory of thy people Israel — already Thine, and now, in the believing portion of it, to be so more gloriously than ever. It will be observed that this “swan-like song, bidding an eternal farewell to this terrestrial life” [Olshausen], takes a more comprehensive view of the kingdom of Christ than that of Zacharias, though the kingdom they sing of is one.

See commentary on Luke 2:25-40.

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Luke 2:31

Which thou hast prepared ^(p) before the face of all people;

^(p) As a sign set up in a high place for all men to look upon.

Psalms 96:1-3 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. ... Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

Psalms 96:10-13 Say among the heathen [that] the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. ... Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

Psalms 97:6-8 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. ... Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

Psalms 98:2-3 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. ... He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Isaiah 42:1-4 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. ... He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

Isaiah 42:10-12 Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. ... Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.

Isaiah 45:21-25 Tell ye, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? [who] hath told it from that time? [have] not I the LORD? and [there is] no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; [there is] none beside me. ... In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

Isaiah 62:1-2 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp [that] burneth. ... And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

Ps 96:1, 10; 97:6; 98:2. Is 42:1, 10; 45:21; 62:1.