Luke 1:50

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
His mercy is from generation to generationon those who fear him.

King James Version (1611)
And his mercy is on them that feare him, from generation to generation.

King James Version
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

English Standard Version
And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

New American Standard Bible
"And His mercy is to generation after generation Toward those who fear Him.

New Century Version
God will show his mercy forever and ever to those who worship and serve him.

Amplified Bible
"AND HIS MERCY IS UPON GENERATION AFTER GENERATION TOWARD THOSE WHO [stand in great awe of God and] FEAR HIM.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"AND HIS MERCY IS UPON GENERATION AFTER GENERATION TOWARD THOSE WHO FEAR HIM.

Legacy Standard Bible
And His mercy is upon generation after generationToward those who fear Him.

Berean Standard Bible
His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.

Contemporary English Version
He always shows mercy to everyone who worships him.

Complete Jewish Bible
and in every generation he has mercy on those who fear him .

Darby Translation
and his mercy [is] to generations and generations to them that fear him.

Easy-to-Read Version
He always gives mercy to those who worship him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And his mercie is from generation to generation on them that feare him.

George Lamsa Translation
And his mercy is for centuries and generations, upon those who fear him.

Good News Translation
from one generation to another he shows mercy to those who honor him.

Lexham English Bible
And his mercy is for generation after generation to those who fear him.

Literal Translation
And His mercy is to generations of generations to those fearing Him. Psa. 103:17

American Standard Version
And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

Bible in Basic English
His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.

Hebrew Names Version
His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

International Standard Version
His mercy lasts from generation to generationGenesis 17:7; Exodus 20:6; Psalm 103:17-18;">[xr] for those who fear him.

Etheridge Translation
And his grace is for ages and generations Upon those who fear him.

Murdock Translation
And his mercy is on them that fear him, for generations and posterities.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And his mercy is on them that feare him, from generation to generation.

English Revised Version
And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

World English Bible
His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And his mercy is on them that fear him, from generation to generation.

Weymouth's New Testament
And His compassion is, generation after generation, Upon those who fear Him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And his mercy is fro kynrede in to kynredes, to men that dreden hym.

Update Bible Version
And his mercy is to generations and generations On those that fear him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And his mercy [is] on them that fear him, from generation to generation.

New English Translation
from generation to generation he is merciful to those who fear him.

New King James Version
And His mercy is on those who fear Him From generation to generation.

New Living Translation
He shows mercy from generation to generation to all who fear him.

New Life Bible
The loving-kindness of the Lord is given to the people of all times who honor Him.

New Revised Standard
His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And his mercy is unto generations and generations, to them who revere him;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him.

Revised Standard Version
And his mercy is on those who fear him from generation to generation.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And his mercy is on them that feare him thorow oute all generacions.

Young's Literal Translation
And His kindness [is] to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And his mercy endureth thorow out all generacions, vpon them that feare him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
his mercy is on them that fear him, from generation to generation.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He shows mercy to those who bow down before him.

Contextual Overview

³⁹Mary didn't waste a minute. She got up and traveled to a town in Judah in the hill country, straight to Zachariah's house, and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby in her womb leaped. She was filled with the Holy Spirit, and sang out exuberantly, You're so blessed among women, and the babe in your womb, also blessed! And why am I so blessed that the mother of my Lord visits me? The moment the sound of your greeting entered my ears, The babe in my womb skipped like a lamb for sheer joy. Blessed woman, who believed what God said, believed every word would come true! ⁴⁶And Mary said, I'm bursting with God-news; I'm dancing the song of my Savior God. God took one good look at me, and look what happened— I'm the most fortunate woman on earth! What God has done for me will never be forgotten, the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others. His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him. He bared his arm and showed his strength, scattered the bluffing braggarts. He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled victims out of the mud. The starving poor sat down to a banquet; the callous rich were left out in the cold. He embraced his chosen child, Israel; he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high. It's exactly what he promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now. ⁵⁶ Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and then went back to her own home.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 17:7, Exodus 20:6, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:7, Psalms 31:19, Psalms 85:9, Psalms 103:11, Psalms 103:17, Psalms 103:18, Psalms 115:13, Psalms 118:4, Psalms 145:19, Psalms 147:11, Malachi 3:16-18, Revelation 19:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:14 - And God Exodus 1:20 - God Deuteronomy 4:10 - fear me 2 Kings 17:39 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 16:41 - to give 2 Chronicles 6:14 - mercy 2 Chronicles 7:3 - For he is Ezra 3:11 - because Psalms 22:23 - Ye that Psalms 25:6 - for they Psalms 89:2 - Mercy Psalms 100:5 - his mercy Psalms 107:1 - for his mercy Psalms 112:1 - Blessed Psalms 128:1 - every one Psalms 136:1 - for his mercy Ecclesiastes 7:18 - for Ecclesiastes 8:12 - surely Ecclesiastes 12:13 - for Isaiah 51:8 - my righteousness Lamentations 3:22 - because Habakkuk 3:6 - his Malachi 4:2 - that fear Acts 13:16 - and ye Titus 3:5 - according James 5:11 - the Lord is Revelation 11:18 - and them

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his mercy is on them that fear him,.... Not with slavish fear of hell and damnation, but with reverence and godly fear; with a filial fear, with a reverential love of God, and affection for him; with that fear which springs from the goodness of God, which has that for its object, and is encouraged by it: and though this fear is not the cause and reason of the mercy of God, yet is descriptive of the persons towards whom it is exercised in various ways, and to whom it is openly shown; they hereby appearing to be the vessels of mercy, afore prepared to glory; and in whose redemption, mercy and truth have met together, and who, according to the abundant mercy of God the Father, have been begotten again; whose unrighteousnesses he has been merciful to, and whose sins he will remember no more: and it may have a particular regard to the incarnation of Christ, which in this chapter is said to be in remembrance of mercy; to be the mercy promised, and to come through the tender mercy of our God, Luke 1:54. And which was a mercy Mary considered, not as peculiar to herself, but as extended to all that fear the Lord; not in that age only, but from

generation to generation; to the end of the world, to God's elect in all times and places, who should all be partakers of it, and sharers in it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His mercy - Favor shown to the miserable and the guilty.

Is on them - Is shown or manifested to them.

That fear him - That “reverence” or honor Him. One kind of fear is that which a servant has of a cruel master, or which a man has of a precipice, the plague, or death. This is not the “fear” which we ought to have toward God. It is the fear which a dutiful child has of a kind and virtuous father a fear of injuring his feelings; of dishonoring him by our life; of doing anything which he would disapprove. It is on those who have such fear of God that his mercy descends. This is the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom, Psalms 111:10; Job 28:28.From generation to generation - From one age to another - that is, it is unceasing; it continues and abounds. But it means also more than this. It means that God’s mercy will descend on the children and children’s children of those that fear him and keep his commandments, Exodus 20:6. In this respect it is an unspeakable privilege to be descended from pious parents; to have been the subject of their prayers, and to have received their blessing. It is also a matter of vast guilt not to copy their example and to walk in their steps. If God is “disposed” to show mercy to thousands of generations, how heavy will be the condemnation if the children of pious parents do not avail themselves of it and early seek his favor!

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 50. His mercy is on them that fear him — His exuberant kindness manifests itself in acts of mercy to all those who fear or reverence his name; and this is continued from generation to generation, because he is abundant in goodness, and because he delighteth in mercy. This is a noble, becoming, and just character of the God of the Christians; a being who delights in the salvation and happiness of all his creatures, because his name is mercy, and his nature love.