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Berean Standard Bible

“As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?”

Luke 24:5

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Early on the first day of the week, women who had followed Jesus from Galilee came to the tomb with spices they had prepared for his body. They found the stone rolled away and the body gone.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

World English Bible (WEB)

Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?

King James Version (KJV)

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

American Standard Version (ASV)

and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, 'Why do you seek the living with the dead?

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y como tuviesen ellas temor, y bajasen el rostro á tierra, les dijeron: ¿Por qué buscáis entre los muertos al que vive?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Estaban tan asustadas que se inclinaron hasta tocar el suelo con su rostro. Pero ellos les dijeron: ―¿Por qué buscan entre los muertos al que vive?

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