Matthew 2:10
New International Version
When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

New Living Translation
When they saw the star, they were filled with joy!

English Standard Version
When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

Berean Standard Bible
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.

Berean Literal Bible
And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

King James Bible
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

New King James Version
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

New American Standard Bible
When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

NASB 1995
When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

NASB 1977
And when they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

Legacy Standard Bible
And when they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

Amplified Bible
When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

Christian Standard Bible
When they saw the star, they were overwhelmed with joy.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they saw the star, they were overjoyed beyond measure.

American Standard Version
And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with a very great joy.

Contemporary English Version
They were thrilled and excited to see the star.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

English Revised Version
And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They were overwhelmed with joy to see the star.

International Standard Version
When they saw the star, they were ecstatic with joy.

Literal Standard Version
And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy,

Majority Standard Bible
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.

New American Bible
They were overjoyed at seeing the star,

NET Bible
When they saw the star they shouted joyfully.

New Revised Standard Version
When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy.

New Heart English Bible
And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

Webster's Bible Translation
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

Weymouth New Testament
When they saw the star, the sight filled them with intense joy.

World English Bible
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

Young's Literal Translation
And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy,

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Context
The Pilgrimage of the Magi
9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was. 10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight. 11On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.…

Cross References
Matthew 2:9
After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.

Matthew 2:11
On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.


Treasury of Scripture

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

they rejoiced.

Deuteronomy 32:13
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

Psalm 67:4
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

Psalm 105:3
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

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Matthew 2
1. The wise men from the east enquire after Jesus;
3. at which Herod is alarmed.
9. They are directed by a star to Bethlehem, worship him, and offer their presents.
13. Joseph flees into Egypt with Jesus and his mother.
16. Herod slays the children;
20. himself dies.
23. Jesus is brought back again into Galilee to Nazareth.














Verse 10. - When ( and when, Revised Version) they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy; "they were marvelously glad" (Tyndale). Its reappearance was the pledge of the full answer to their search, the full reward of their toilsome journey. Contrast the indifference of the chosen people.

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Greek
When
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

they saw
ἰδόντες (idontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

star,
ἀστέρα (astera)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 792: A star. Probably from the base of stronnumi; a star, literally or figuratively.

they rejoiced
ἐχάρησαν (echarēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 5463: A primary verb; to be 'cheer'ful, i.e. Calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation, be well.

with great delight.
χαρὰν (charan)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5479: Joy, gladness, a source of joy. From chairo; cheerfulness, i.e. Calm delight.


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