Luke 1:14

Literal Standard Version

and there will be joy to you, and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There will be joy and delight for you, and many will rejoice at his birth.

King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth:

King James Version
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

English Standard Version
And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,

New American Standard Bible
"You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice over his birth.

New Century Version
He will bring you joy and gladness, and many people will be happy because of his birth.

Amplified Bible
"You will have great joy and delight, and many will rejoice over his birth,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

Legacy Standard Bible
And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

Berean Standard Bible
He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

Contemporary English Version
His birth will make you very happy, and many people will be glad.

Complete Jewish Bible
He will be a joy and a delight to you, and many people will rejoice when he is born,

Darby Translation
And he shall be to thee joy and rejoicing, and many shall rejoice at his birth.

Easy-to-Read Version
You will be very happy, and many others will share your joy over his birth.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnes, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

George Lamsa Translation
And you will have joy and gladness; and a great many will rejoice at his birth.

Good News Translation
How glad and happy you will be, and how happy many others will be when he is born!

Lexham English Bible
And you will experience joy and exultation, and many will rejoice at his birth.

Literal Translation
And he will be joy and exultation to you, and many will rejoice over his birth.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

Bible in Basic English
And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

Hebrew Names Version
You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And to thee shall be joy and exultation, and many shall rejoice in his birth:

Murdock Translation
And thou wilt have joy and gladness: and many will rejoice at his birth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

World English Bible
You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And thou shalt have joy and exultation, and many shall rejoice at his birth.

Weymouth's New Testament
Gladness and exultant joy shall be yours, and many will rejoice over his birth.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ioye and gladyng schal be to thee; and many schulen `haue ioye in his natyuyte.

Update Bible Version
And you shall have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth.

New English Translation
Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

New King James Version
And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

New Living Translation
You will have great joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,

New Life Bible
You will be glad and have much joy. Many people will be happy because he is born.

New Revised Standard
You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there shall be joy to thee and exulting, and, many, over his birth, shall rejoice;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt have joy and gladness: and many shall rejoice in his nativity.

Revised Standard Version
And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and thou shalt have ioye and gladnes and many shall reioyce at his birth.

Young's Literal Translation
and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& thou shalt haue ioye and gladnesse: and many shal reioyce at his byrth,

Mace New Testament (1729)
he shall be your joy and transport, and numbers shall rejoice at his birth.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He's going to make you, and a lot of other people, very happy.

Contextual Overview

⁵There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the division of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth; ⁶and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the LORD blameless, ⁷and they had no child, because that Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days. ⁸And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his division before God, ⁹according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make incense, having gone into the temple of the LORD, ¹⁰and all the multitude of the people were praying outside, at the hour of the incense. ¹¹And there appeared to him a messenger of the LORD standing on the right side of the altar of the incense, ¹²and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him; ¹³and the messenger said to him, "Do not fear, Zacharias, for your supplication was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you will call his name John, ¹⁴and there will be joy to you, and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 1:58, Genesis 21:6, Proverbs 15:20, Proverbs 23:15, Proverbs 23:24

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 3:4 - a time to laugh Jeremiah 20:15 - A man Luke 7:28 - Among

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In [the] beginning God created the heavens and the earth,

Genesis 1:2
and the earth was formless and void, and darkness [was] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God [was] fluttering on the face of the waters,

Genesis 1:3
and God says, "Let light be"; and light is.

Genesis 1:4
And God sees that the light [is] good, and God separates between the light and the darkness,

Genesis 1:6
And God says, "Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters."

Genesis 1:7
And God makes the expanse, and it separates between the waters which [are] under the expanse, and the waters which [are] above the expanse: and it is so.

Genesis 1:8
And God calls the expanse "Heavens"; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] second day.

Genesis 1:9
And God says, "Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land be seen": and it is so.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brings forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed [is] in itself) after its kind; and God sees that [it is] good;

Genesis 1:14
And God says, "Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for appointed times, and for days and years,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt have joy and gladness,.... Not only because of his having a son; but because this his son would be the prophet of the Highest; would go before the Lord, and prepare his ways; give knowledge of salvation to many, and light to them that were in darkness, and guide their feet in the way of peace: all which, and more, he afterwards expresses in his song, whereby this part of the angel's prediction had its accomplishment:

and many shall rejoice at his birth; as the neighbours and cousins of his parents did; see Luke 1:58 and not only they, but all others, who, afterwards had knowledge of him as prophet, and as the forerunner of the Messiah.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Many shall rejoice at his birth - This does not refer so much to the time of his birth as to the subsequent rejoicing. Such will be his “character,” that he will be an honor to the family, and many will rejoice that he lived: or, in other words, he will be a blessing to mankind.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 1:14. Thou shalt have joy, c.] εσται χαρα σοι, He will be joy and gladness to thee. A child of prayer and faith is likely to be a source of comfort to his parents. Were proper attention paid to this point, there would be fewer disobedient children in the world and the number of broken-hearted parents would be lessened. But what can be expected from the majority of matrimonial connections, connections begun without the fear of God, and carried on without his love.

Many shall rejoice at his birth. — He shall be the minister of God for good to multitudes, who shall, through his preaching, be turned from the error of their ways, and converted to God their Saviour.