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Source language
Original Greek   
οὕτως, λέγω ὑμῖν, ⸂γίνεται χαρὰ⸃ ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀγγέλων τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
outos, lego umin, [?]ginetai khara[?] enopion ton aggelon tou theou epi eni amartolo metanoounti.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
ita dico vobis gaudium erit coram angelis Dei super uno peccatore paenitentiam agente

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
New King James Version   
Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
21st Century King James Version   
Likewise I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“I say to you that there will be joy like this before the Angels of God over one sinner who returns home.”
Darby Bible Translation   
Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
God's Word   
So I can guarantee that God's angels are happy about one person who turns to God and changes the way he thinks and acts."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner who repents."
International Standard Version   
In the same way, I tell you that there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner who repents."
NET Bible   
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner who repents."
New American Standard Bible   
"In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
New International Version   
In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
New Living Translation   
In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angels when even one sinner repents."
Webster's Bible Translation   
Likewise, I say to you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Weymouth New Testament   
"I tell you that in the same way there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one repentant sinner."
The World English Bible   
Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."
EasyEnglish Bible   
When one person stops doing wrong things, it is like that. It makes God's angels and everyone in heaven very happy.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
New Life Version   
I tell you, it is the same way among the angels of God. If one sinner is sorry for his sins and turns from them, the angels are very happy.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
“Likewise I say to you there is joy in the presence of the angels of God for one sinner who converts.”
The Voice Bible   
Can’t you understand? There is joy in the presence of all God’s messengers over even one sinner who changes his way of life.
Living Bible   
In the same way there is joy in the presence of the angels of God when one sinner repents.”
New Catholic Bible   
In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.
Christian Standard Bible   
I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Even so, I tell you, there is joy among and in the presence of the angels of God over one [especially] wicked person who repents (changes his mind for the better, heartily amending his ways, with abhorrence of his past sins).
New Century Version   
In the same way, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God when one sinner changes his heart and life.”
The Message   
“Or imagine a woman who has ten coins and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp and scour the house, looking in every nook and cranny until she finds it? And when she finds it you can be sure she’ll call her friends and neighbors: ‘Celebrate with me! I found my lost coin!’ Count on it—that’s the kind of party God’s angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
New Matthew Bible   
Likewise I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.
Good News Translation®   
In the same way, I tell you, the angels of God rejoice over one sinner who repents.”
Wycliffe Bible   
So I say to you, joy shall be before the angels of God on [upon] one sinful man doing penance.
New Testament for Everyone   
“Well, let me tell you: that’s how glad God’s angels feel when a single sinner repents.”
Contemporary English Version   
Jesus said, “In the same way God's angels are happy when even one person turns to him.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“Or if there is a woman who has ten silver coins, if she should lose one, won’t she take a lamp and sweep and search the house from top to bottom until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbours together. ‘Come and celebrate with me’, she says, ‘for I have found that coin I lost.’ I tell you, it is the same in Heaven—there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner whose heart is changed.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
In the same way, I tell you, joy breaks out in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who changes both heart and life.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents [that is, changes his inner self—his old way of thinking, regrets past sins, lives his life in a way that proves repentance; and seeks God’s purpose for his life].”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
New American Standard Bible   
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
The Expanded Bible   
In the same way, [L I tell you] there is joy in the presence of the angels of God when one sinner ·changes his heart and life [repents].”
Tree of Life Version   
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Revised Standard Version   
Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
New International Reader's Version   
I tell you, it is the same in heaven. There is joy in heaven over one sinner who turns away from sin.”
BRG Bible   
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Complete Jewish Bible   
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy among God’s angels when one sinner repents.”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
I tell you, the angels of God will be glad like that when one bad person stops doing wrong things.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
In the same way, I say to you, there is simcha in the presence of the malachim Hashem over one choteh (sinner) who becomes a baal teshuva.
Names of God Bible   
So I can guarantee that God’s angels are happy about one person who turns to God and changes the way he thinks and acts.”
Modern English Version   
Likewise, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
In the same way, it’s a happy time for the angels of God when one sinner decides to change.”
International Children’s Bible   
In the same way, there is joy before the angels of God when 1 sinner changes his heart.”
Lexham English Bible   
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
New International Version - UK   
In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
In this manner, I say to you, joy comes-about in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting”.