Know the Text⌕

Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.

Read›Luke›Chapter 1

Zechariah’s Song

Luke 1:72

In 9 translations

BSB
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
KJV
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
WEB
to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
ASV
To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
LSV
To do kindness with our fathers, || And to be mindful of His holy covenant,
YLT
To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,
DBY
to fulfil mercy with our fathers and remember his holy covenant,
DRC
To perform mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy testament,
GNV
That he might shewe mercie towards our fathers, and remember his holy couenant,

Word by word Greek · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ποιῆσαι ἔλεος μετὰ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν καὶ μνησθῆναι διαθήκης ἁγίας αὐτοῦ,
RP2018
ποιῆσαι ἔλεος μετὰ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ μνησθῆναι διαθήκης ἁγίας αὐτοῦ,
TR-Boyd
ποιῆσαι ἔλεος μετὰ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ μνησθῆναι διαθήκης ἁγίας αὐτοῦ,
SCR1894
ποιησαι ελεος μετα των πατερων ημων και μνησθηναι διαθηκης αγιας αυτου

Who and where

◆ Birth of John the Baptist

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 26:42then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
  • Hebrews 6:13–18When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.” And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the…
  • Micah 7:20You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
  • Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
  • Ezekiel 16:60But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
  • Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
  • Genesis 26:4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
  • Luke 1:54–55He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful, as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
  • Romans 11:28Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.
  • Psalms 105:8–10He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting…
  • Acts 3:25–26And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ When God raised up His Servant, He sent…
  • Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
  • Galatians 3:15–17Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended. The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,”…
  • Ezekiel 16:8Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares…
  • Psalms 98:3He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  • Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Report a problem

Found something wrong, unsourced or unfair? Tell us; every report is read. Please don’t include personal information.

↑