Luke 1:72

Lexham English Bible

to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He has dealt mercifully with our fathersand remembered his holy covenant—

King James Version (1611)
That wee should be saued from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate vs, That hee would grant vnto vs, that wee beeing deliuered out of the hands of our enemies, might serue him without feare, In holinesse and righteousnesse before him, all the dayes of our life. And thou childe shalt bee called the Prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes. To giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes, Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited vs, To giue light to them that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. And the childe grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts, till the day of his shewing vnto Israel.

King James Version
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

English Standard Version
to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,

New American Standard Bible
To show mercy to our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,

New Century Version
He said he would give mercy to our ancestors and that he would remember his holy promise.

Amplified Bible
To show mercy [as He promised] to our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant [the promised blessing],

New American Standard Bible (1995)
To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,

Legacy Standard Bible
To show mercy toward our fathers,And to remember His holy covenant,

Berean Standard Bible
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

Contemporary English Version
God said he would be kind to our people and keep his sacred promise.

Complete Jewish Bible
"This has happened so that he might show the mercy promised to our fathers — that he would remember his holy covenant,

Darby Translation
to fulfil mercy with our fathers and remember his holy covenant,

Easy-to-Read Version
God said he would show mercy to our fathers, and he remembered his holy agreement.

Geneva Bible (1587)
That he might shewe mercie towards our fathers, and remember his holy couenant,

George Lamsa Translation
He has shown mercy to our fathers, and he has remembered his holy covenants;

Good News Translation
He said he would show mercy to our ancestors and remember his sacred covenant.

Literal Translation
to execute mercy with our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant,

American Standard Version
To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

Bible in Basic English
To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,

Hebrew Names Version
To show mercy towards our fathers, To remember his holy covenant,

International Standard Version
He has shown mercy to our ancestorsLeviticus 26:42; Psalm 98:3; 105:8-9; 106:45; Ezekiel 16:60; Luke 1:54;">[xr] and remembered his holy covenant,

Etheridge Translation
To perform his grace with our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

Murdock Translation
And he hath exercised his mercy to our fathers, and hath remembered his holy covenants,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
That he would deale mercyfully with our fathers, and remember his holy couenaunt.

English Revised Version
To shew mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

World English Bible
To show mercy towards our fathers, To remember his holy covenant,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant,

Weymouth's New Testament
He dealt pitifully with our forefathers, And remembered His holy covenant,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To do merci with oure fadris, and to haue mynde of his hooli testament.

Update Bible Version
To show mercy toward, our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

Webster's Bible Translation
To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant:

New English Translation
He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant—

New King James Version
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers And to remember His holy covenant,

New Living Translation
He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant—

New Life Bible
He would show loving-kindness to our early fathers. He would remember His holy promise.

New Revised Standard
Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors, and has remembered his holy covenant,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To perform mercy with our fathers, and to be mindful of his holy covenant, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
To perform mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy testament.

Revised Standard Version
to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
To fulfill the mercy promised to oure fathers and to remember his holy covenaunt.

Young's Literal Translation
To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And yt he wolde shewe mercy vnto oure fathers, & thynke vpo his holy couenaut.

Mace New Testament (1729)
to show regard to our forefathers, in performing his holy covenant,

Simplified Cowboy Version
God told us that he would show us mercy, and he has remembered his promise.

Contextual Overview

⁶⁷ And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, ⁶⁸ "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited to help and has redeemed his people, ⁶⁹ and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, ⁷⁰ just as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times— ⁷¹ salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all those who hate us, ⁷² to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, ⁷³ the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to grant us ⁷⁴ that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, could serve him without fear ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. ⁷⁶ And so you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go on before the Lord to prepare his ways,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

perform: Luke 1:54, Luke 1:55, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 28:14, Psalms 98:3, Acts 3:25, Acts 3:26, Romans 11:28, Hebrews 6:13-18

and: Genesis 17:4-9, Leviticus 26:42, Psalms 105:8-10, Psalms 106:45, Psalms 111:5, Ezekiel 16:8, Ezekiel 16:60, Galatians 3:15-17

Reciprocal: Genesis 9:15 - remember Genesis 17:7 - And I Genesis 17:21 - my Exodus 2:24 - remembered Exodus 6:5 - I have remembered Exodus 28:12 - for a memorial Leviticus 26:9 - establish Leviticus 26:45 - for their Deuteronomy 4:31 - forget Deuteronomy 4:37 - because Deuteronomy 7:8 - oath Deuteronomy 7:12 - Lord Deuteronomy 26:3 - which the 2 Samuel 7:21 - thy word's 1 Kings 8:15 - hath 1 Kings 8:23 - who keepest 1 Kings 8:56 - there 2 Kings 13:23 - because of his covenant 1 Chronicles 16:16 - which he made 2 Chronicles 6:14 - keepest covenant Nehemiah 1:8 - Remember Nehemiah 9:8 - madest Psalms 25:6 - Remember Psalms 69:13 - in the Psalms 74:20 - Have Psalms 105:42 - For he Isaiah 14:1 - the Lord Jeremiah 14:21 - remember Jeremiah 32:40 - I will make Daniel 9:4 - the great Micah 7:20 - General Habakkuk 3:9 - according Acts 5:30 - God Galatians 3:18 - but Ephesians 2:12 - the covenants 2 Timothy 1:18 - mercy Titus 3:5 - according Hebrews 1:1 - the fathers

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers,.... By "mercy" is meant salvation by Christ, which springs from the mercy of God; the promise of which was an instance of mercy to the Jewish fathers under the Old Testament, and also the performance of it; for they were saved by the grace of our Lord Jesus, even as we: his blood was shed for the remission of sins that were past, and for the redemption of transgressions under the first Testament:

and to remember his holy covenant; which was made between him, and his Son from all eternity; and was, at various times, dispensed and manifested to the patriarchs, and eminent saints, as Adam, Noah, Abraham, c. This is called an "holy" one not only because it was made by, and between holy persons, and provided for the holiness of the people of God, both here, and hereafter; but because in the article of redemption and salvation by Christ, which is here more particularly regarded, care was taken to secure the glory of God's holiness and justice, as well as to display his grace and mercy. Now raising up, and sending Jesus a Saviour, showed, that God was mindful of this covenant, and therefore sent redemption to his people.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To perform the mercy - To show the mercy promised. The expression in the “original” is, “To make mercy with our fathers” - that is, to show kindness to our fathers; and the propriety of it is founded on the fact that mercy to “children” is regarded as kindness to the “parent.” Blessing the “children” was blessing the “nation;” was fulfilling the promises made to the fathers, and “showing” that he regarded them in mercy.

His holy covenant - The word “covenant” means compact or agreement. This is in use among people. It implies equality in the parties; freedom from constraint; freedom from previous obligation to do the thing now covenanted; and freedom from obligation to enter into a compact, unless a man chooses so to do. Such a transaction evidently can never take place between man and God, for they are not equal. Man is not at liberty to “decline” what God proposes, and he is under obligation to do “all” that God commands. When the word “covenant,” therefore, is used in the Bible, it means sometimes a “command;” Sometimes a “promise;” sometimes a “regular law” - as “the covenant of the day and night;” and sometimes the way in which God dispenses mercy - that is, by the old and new covenants. In the place before us it means “the promise” made to Abraham, as the following verses clearly show.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 1:72. His holy covenant — Luke 1:54.