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Mary’s Song

Luke 1:48

In 9 translations

BSB
For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
KJV
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
WEB
for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
ASV
For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
LSV
Because He looked on the lowliness of His maidservant, || For behold, from now on all the generations will call me blessed,
YLT
Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations,
DBY
For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
DRC
Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
GNV
For hee hath looked on the poore degree of his seruaunt: for beholde, from henceforth shall all ages call me blessed,

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὅτι ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῆς δούλης αὐτοῦ, ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μακαριοῦσίν με πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί·
RP2018
Ὅτι ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῆς δούλης αὐτοῦ. Ἰδοὺ γάρ, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μακαριοῦσίν με πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί.
TR-Boyd
Ὅτι ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῆς δούλης αὐτοῦ. Ἰδοὺ γάρ, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μακαριοῦσί με πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί.
SCR1894
οτι επεβλεψεν επι την ταπεινωσιν της δουλης αυτου ιδου γαρ απο του νυν μακαριουσιν με πασαι αι γενεαι

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
  • Malachi 3:12“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:26–28Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God…
  • 1 Samuel 1:11And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD…
  • Luke 11:27As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
  • Psalms 136:23He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
  • Luke 1:28The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
  • James 2:5–6Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him? But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you…
  • Luke 1:42In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
  • 2 Samuel 7:18–19Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken…
  • 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the…
  • Genesis 30:13Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
  • Psalms 113:7–8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.
  • Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
  • 2 Samuel 7:8Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
  • Psalms 102:17He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

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