Luke 1:6

Contemporary English Version

Both of them were good people and pleased the Lord God by obeying all that he had commanded.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.

King James Version (1611)
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the Commandements and ordinances of the Lord, blamelesse.

King James Version
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

English Standard Version
And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.

New American Standard Bible
They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

New Century Version
Zechariah and Elizabeth truly did what God said was good. They did everything the Lord commanded and were without fault in keeping his law.

Amplified Bible
They both were righteous (approved) in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and righteous requirements of the Lord.

Berean Standard Bible
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

Complete Jewish Bible
Both of them were righteous before God, observing all the mitzvot and ordinances of Adonai blamelessly.

Darby Translation
And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Easy-to-Read Version
Zechariah and Elizabeth were both good people who pleased God. They did everything the Lord commanded, always following his instructions completely.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Both were iust before God, and walked in all the commandements and ordinances of the Lord, without reproofe.

George Lamsa Translation
They were both righteous before God, and walked in all his commandments, and in the righteousness of the Lord without blame.

Good News Translation
They both lived good lives in God's sight and obeyed fully all the Lord's laws and commands.

Lexham English Bible
And they were both righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly in all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

Literal Translation
And they were both righteous before God, walking blameless in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

American Standard Version
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Bible in Basic English
They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

Hebrew Names Version
They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the mitzvot and ordinances of the Lord.

International Standard Version
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, and they lived blamelessly according to all of the commandments and regulations of the Lord.Genesis 7:1; 17:1; 1 Kings 9:4; 2 Kings 20:3; Job 1:1:1; Acts 23:1; 24:16; Philippians 3:6;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And they were both just before Aloha, and walked in all his commandments, and in the righteousness of the Lord, without blame.

Murdock Translation
And they were both upright before God, and walked in all his commandments, and in the righteousness of the Lord, without reproach.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
They were both ryghteous before God, and walked in all the lawes and ordinaunces of the Lorde, that no man coulde fynde fault with them.

English Revised Version
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

World English Bible
They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Weymouth's New Testament
They were both of them upright before God, blamelessly obeying all the Lord's precepts and ordinances.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And bothe weren iust bifor God, goynge in alle the maundementis and iustifiyngis of the Lord, withouten pleynt.

Update Bible Version
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

New English Translation
They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

New King James Version
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

New Living Translation
Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God's eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord's commandments and regulations.

New Life Bible
They were right with God and obeyed the Jewish Law and did what the Lord said to do.

New Revised Standard
Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and righteous appointments of the Lord, blameless;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and justifications of the Lord without blame.

Revised Standard Version
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Booth were perfect before God and walked in all the lawes and ordinaces of the Lorde that no man coulde fynde fawte with them.

Young's Literal Translation
and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They were both righteous before God, and walked in all the commaundementes and statutes of the LORDE vnreproueably.

Mace New Testament (1729)
they were both of them sincerely pious; observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord; with unspotted reputation.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Zechariah and Elizabeth were good people. They did everything God ever told 'em to do.

Contextual Overview

⁵ When Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest by the name of Zechariah from the priestly group of Abijah. His wife Elizabeth was from the family of Aaron. ⁶ Both of them were good people and pleased the Lord God by obeying all that he had commanded. ⁷ But they did not have children. Elizabeth could not have any, and both Zechariah and Elizabeth were already old. ⁸ One day Zechariah's group of priests were on duty, and he was serving God as a priest. ⁹ According to the custom of the priests, he had been chosen to go into the Lord's temple that day and to burn incense, ¹⁰ while the people stood outside praying. ¹¹ All at once an angel from the Lord appeared to Zechariah at the right side of the altar. ¹² Zechariah was confused and afraid when he saw the angel. ¹³ But the angel told him: Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayers. Your wife Elizabeth will have a son, and you must name him John. ¹⁴ His birth will make you very happy, and many people will be glad.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

righteous: Luke 16:15, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 17:1, Job 1:1, Job 1:8, Job 9:2, Romans 3:9-25, Philippians 3:6-9, Titus 3:3-7

walking: 1 Kings 9:4, 2 Kings 20:3, Psalms 119:6, Acts 23:1, Acts 24:16, 1 Corinthians 11:2, 2 Corinthians 1:12, Philippians 3:6, Titus 2:11-14, 1 John 2:3, 1 John 2:29, 1 John 3:7

blameless: Philippians 2:15, Colossians 1:22, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 2 Peter 3:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 5:22 - General Genesis 6:11 - before Genesis 21:4 - General Genesis 48:15 - did walk Exodus 36:1 - according Leviticus 18:4 - General Numbers 2:34 - according Deuteronomy 4:1 - unto the statutes Deuteronomy 5:33 - walk Deuteronomy 8:6 - walk Deuteronomy 11:32 - General Deuteronomy 13:4 - walk Deuteronomy 28:1 - to do all 2 Samuel 22:23 - For all 1 Kings 2:4 - walk 1 Kings 15:5 - David 2 Chronicles 6:14 - walk before 2 Chronicles 17:4 - walked 2 Chronicles 33:8 - to do all Psalms 15:2 - He Psalms 26:11 - I will Psalms 89:30 - walk Psalms 103:18 - remember Psalms 116:9 - walk Psalms 119:1 - walk Psalms 128:1 - walketh Proverbs 8:34 - watching Proverbs 16:31 - if Proverbs 20:7 - just Proverbs 31:30 - a woman Ecclesiastes 2:26 - in his sight Ecclesiastes 6:8 - the poor Isaiah 24:5 - changed Isaiah 26:8 - in Isaiah 33:15 - that walketh Isaiah 57:2 - in his uprightness Ezekiel 11:20 - they may Ezekiel 18:9 - walked Ezekiel 18:21 - and keep Ezekiel 33:15 - walk Malachi 2:6 - he walked Matthew 3:15 - for Matthew 6:33 - his Luke 2:25 - just Luke 2:39 - performed Luke 22:8 - Go Romans 13:13 - us Colossians 2:14 - the handwriting 1 Timothy 2:2 - all godliness 1 Timothy 3:2 - blameless Titus 2:12 - live Hebrews 9:1 - had James 1:27 - Pure

Cross-References

Genesis 1:5
and named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening came and then morning—that was the first day.

Genesis 1:6

The Second Day

God said, "I command a dome to separate the water above it from the water below it."

Genesis 1:7
And that's what happened. God made the dome

Genesis 1:8
and named it "Sky." Evening came and then morning—that was the second day.

Genesis 1:11
God said, "I command the earth to produce all kinds of plants, including fruit trees and grain." And that's what happened.

Genesis 1:12
The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

Genesis 1:13
Evening came and then morning—that was the third day.

Genesis 1:14

The Fourth Day

God said, "I command lights to appear in the sky and to separate day from night and to show the time for seasons, special days, and years.

Genesis 1:20

The Fifth Day

God said, "I command the ocean to be full of living creatures, and I command birds to fly above the earth."

Genesis 1:22
Then he gave the living creatures his blessing—he told the ocean creatures to live everywhere in the ocean and the birds to live everywhere on earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they were both righteous before God,.... Not as the Pharisees, only righteous before men, but in the sight of God, who sees the heart, and whose judgment is according to truth; and therefore were not justified by the deeds of the law; for by them no man can be justified in the sight of God; but were made righteous through the righteousness of Christ, by which the saints were made righteous before the coming of Christ, as those after it: see

Acts 15:11. God beheld them in his Son, as clothed with that righteousness he engaged to bring in, and as cleansed from all sin in that blood of his which was to be shed: and they appeared to him, and in the eye of his justice, and according to his law, righteous persons: though this character may also regard the internal holiness of their hearts, and the truth and sincerity of grace in them: which God, who trieth the hearts and reins of the children of men, knew, took notice of, and bore testimony to: as likewise their holy, upright walk and conversation before men, and which was observed by God, and acceptable to him, though imperfect, as arising from a principle of grace, being performed in the faith and fear of him, and with a view to his glory, and for the sake, and through the righteousness of his Son.

Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord: this was not the matter of their righteousness before God, but the evidence of it before men: "by the commandments" are meant, all those that are of a moral nature, which regarded their duty to God and man, and which are comprehended in love to both; and by "the ordinances of the Lord", are intended the injunctions and institutions of the ceremonial law, which is called the law of commandments, contained in ordinances, which, though now abolished, were then in force: and it was right and commendable in them to observe them, who, by their "walking" in them, showed they loved them, both one and the other; esteemed them, concerning all things to be right; and had respect to them all, and observed them, and took pleasure in walking in them, which, by the grace of God, they continued to do; for walking not only shows that these commands and ordinances were a way marked out for them, but in which they took pleasure, and made progress: and were

blameless; not that they were without sin, as none are; and it appears from this chapter that Zacharias was not, see Luke 1:20 but they were so in the sight of God; as they were justified by the righteousness of Christ, so they were without fault before the throne, and unreproveable before God; and as to their moral and religious character and conduct before men, they did not indulge themselves in any known sin, but lived in all good conscience among men: nor were they remiss and negligent in the discharge of duty: they were not guilty of any notorious breach of the law of God, or of any remarkable negligence in the business of religious observances: and though they might observe enough in them to charge themselves with, and to humble themselves before God and men; yet so strict were they, in their lives and conversations, that those who were the most intimately acquainted with them, had nothing very material to blame them for.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Both righteous - Both “just” or holy. This means here more than external conformity to the law. It is an honorable testimonial of their “piety” toward God.

Walking in ... - Keeping the commandments. To walk in the way that God commands is “to obey.”

Ordinances - Rites and customs which God had ordained or appointed. These words refer to all the duties of religion which were made known to them.

Blameless - That is, no fault or deficiency could be found in them. They were strict, exact, punctual. Yet this, if it had been mere “external” observance, might have been no proof of piety. Paul, before his conversion, also kept the law “externally” blameless, Philippians 3:6. But in the case of Zechariah and Elizabeth it was real love to God and sincere regard for his law.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 1:6. They were both righteous — Upright and holy in all their outward conduct in civil life.

Before God — Possessing the spirit of the religion they professed; exercising themselves constantly in the presence of their Maker, whose eye, they knew, was upon all their conduct, and who examined all their motives.

Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. — None being able to lay any evil to their charge. They were as exemplary and conscientious in the discharge of their religious duties as they were in the discharge of the offices of civil life. What a sacred pair! they made their duty to God, to their neighbour, and to themselves, walk constantly hand in hand. Matthew 3:15. Perhaps εντολαι, commandments, may here mean the decalogue; and δικαιωματα, ordinances, the ceremonial and judicial laws which were delivered after the decalogue: as all the precepts delivered from Exodus 21:1ff to Exodus 24:1ff are termed δικαιωματα, judgments or ordinances.