Luke 2:37 - Compare All Versions
Luke 2:37 NIV (New International Version)
and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
Luke 2:37 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
Luke 2:37 NLT (New Living Translation)
Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer.
Luke 2:37 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
and was a widow for eighty-four years. She did not leave the temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.
Luke 2:37 KJV (King James Version)
and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Luke 2:37 NKJV (New King James Version)
and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Luke 2:36-38 MSG (The Message)
Anna the prophetess was also there, a daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher. She was by now a very old woman. She had been married seven years and a widow for eighty-four. She never left the Temple area, worshiping night and day with her fastings and prayers. At the very time Simeon was praying, she showed up, broke into an anthem of praise to God, and talked about the child to all who were waiting expectantly for the freeing of Jerusalem.
Luke 2:37 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She did not leave the temple grounds, serving night and day with fasts and prayers.
Luke 2:37 AMP (Amplified Bible)
and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She did not leave the [area of the] temple, but was serving and worshiping night and day with fastings and prayers.
Luke 2:37 NET (New English Translation)
She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.