Luke 1:53

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He has satisfied the hungry with good thingsand sent the rich away empty.

King James Version (1611)
Hee hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich hee hath sent emptie away.

King James Version
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

English Standard Version
he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.

New American Standard Bible
"He has filled the hungry with good things, And sent the rich away empty-handed.

New Century Version
He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with nothing.

Amplified Bible
"HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS; And sent the rich away empty-handed.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS; And sent away the rich empty-handed.

Legacy Standard Bible
He has filled the hungry with good things,And sent away the rich empty‑handed.

Berean Standard Bible
He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.

Contemporary English Version
God gives the hungry good things to eat, and sends the rich away with nothing.

Complete Jewish Bible
filled the hungry with good things, but sent the rich away empty.

Darby Translation
He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty.

Easy-to-Read Version
He filled the hungry with good things, but he sent the rich away with nothing.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Hee hath filled the hungrie with good things, and sent away the rich emptie.

George Lamsa Translation
He has filled the hungry with good things; and dismissed the rich empty.

Good News Translation
He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away with empty hands.

Lexham English Bible
He has filled those who are hungry with good things, and those who are rich he has sent away empty-handed.

Literal Translation
He filled the hungry with good things, and He sent the rich away empty.

American Standard Version
The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

Bible in Basic English
Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

Hebrew Names Version
He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

International Standard Version
He filled hungry people with good things1 Samuel 2:5; Psalm 34:10;">[xr] and sent rich people away with nothing.

Etheridge Translation
The hungry he hath satisfied with good things, And the rich he hath sent away empty.

Murdock Translation
The hungry hath he satisfied with good things, and the rich hath he sent away empty.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He hath fylled the hungry with good thynges, & sent away the riche emptie.

English Revised Version
The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

World English Bible
He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
He hath filled the hungry with good things, but sent the rich empty away.

Weymouth's New Testament
The hungry He has satisfied with choice gifts, But the rich He has sent empty-handed away.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He hath fulfillid hungri men with goodis, and he hath left riche men voide.

Update Bible Version
The hungry he has filled with good things; And the rich he has sent empty away.

Webster's Bible Translation
He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent away empty.

New English Translation
he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

New King James Version
He has filled the hungry with good things, And the rich He has sent away empty.

New Living Translation
He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with empty hands.

New Life Bible
He has filled those who are hungry with good things. He has sent the rich people away with nothing.

New Revised Standard
he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The hungry, hath he filled with good things, and, the wealthy, hath he sent empty away;

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.

Revised Standard Version
he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
He filleth the hongry with good thinges: and sendeth awaye the ryche emptye.

Young's Literal Translation
The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He fylleth the hongrie with good thinges, and letteth the riche go emptye.

Mace New Testament (1729)
the needy he has furnished with plentiful enjoyments, and the rich he has reduced to poverty.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He's filled the hungry with blessings and left the wealthy with nothing but money.

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

filled: Luke 6:21, 1 Samuel 2:5, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 107:8, Psalms 107:9, Psalms 146:7, Ezekiel 34:29, Matthew 5:6, John 6:11-13, John 6:35, James 2:5, Revelation 7:16, Revelation 7:17

and: Luke 6:24, Luke 12:16-21, Luke 16:19-25, Luke 18:11-14, Luke 18:24, Luke 18:25, 1 Corinthians 1:26, 1 Corinthians 4:8, James 2:6, James 5:1-6, Revelation 3:17, Revelation 3:18

Reciprocal: Job 5:11 - set up Psalms 9:18 - For the Psalms 18:27 - save Psalms 37:25 - nor his seed Psalms 68:10 - thou Psalms 107:36 - there he Psalms 113:7 - raiseth Psalms 132:15 - bless her provision Psalms 145:19 - fulfil Isaiah 40:4 - valley Jeremiah 31:25 - General Ezekiel 17:24 - have brought Matthew 14:20 - were Matthew 15:37 - all Mark 8:8 - and were Luke 9:11 - healed Luke 14:12 - when John 6:12 - they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He hath filled the hungry with good things,.... Such as earnestly desired and longed after the coming of the Messiah, as good old Simeon, and Anna the prophetess; and those that looked for redemption in Israel, to whom she spake: and all such persons as heartily desire salvation by Christ, and breathe after the forgiveness of their sins through his blood, and thirst after his righteousness, and long for communion with him, and a greater knowledge of him, and more conformity to him, and pant after his word and ordinances; these are filled, sooner or later, with a sense of their interest in Christ, and his salvation; with a view of the full and free forgiveness of their sins, and with his righteousness they hunger after; and with every good thing they stand in need of, with joy and peace, with food and gladness, even to satisfaction; so that they can say with Jacob, they have enough, yea, all things; seeing Christ is theirs, and all things with him:

and the rich he hath sent empty away: not the rich in this world's goods, though such who trust in their wealth, and boast of their riches, or do not make a proper use of them, God, in his providence, sometimes strips them of all, and turns them into the world naked and empty; much less the rich in grace, who are often the poor of the world; and who, though they seem to have nothing, yet possess all things, and are full: but such who are rich in their opinion, and in their own works; and trust in their righteousness, and despise others; these, as they come full of themselves to the throne of grace, as the Pharisee, are sent empty away; without any token of the love and favour of God, or any blessing from him: and as they come to ordinances in their own strength, and trust in the performance of them, they go away empty, as they came; these are dry breasts unto them, whilst they are full breasts of consolation to the poor in spirit, and to all meek and humble souls: and what is still worst of all, notwithstanding all their good works they boast of, and trust in, they will be sent away at the last judgment from the presence of Christ, as not known by him, and as workers of iniquity.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He hath filled the hungry with good things - This is a celebration of the general mercy of God. He hath daily fed the poor, the needy, and those who came to Him with humble hearts.

The rich he hath sent ... - While the poor come to him for a supply of their daily wants, the rich come not that their necessities should be supplied, but come with lofty hearts, and insatiable desires that their riches may be increased. When this is the case, God not unfrequently not only “withholds” what they ask, but he takes their riches away by fire, or flood, or disappointments, and sends them away empty, Proverbs 23:5. It is better to be poor and go to God for our daily bread, than to be rich and forget our dependence on Him, and to seek only a great increase of our property.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 53. Filled the hungry - the rich he hath sent empty away. — God is here represented under the notion of a person of unbounded benevolence, who is daily feeding multitudes at his gates. The poor and the rich are equally dependent upon him; to the one he gives his affluence for a season, and to the other his daily bread. The poor man comes through a sense of his want to get his daily support, and God feeds him; the rich man comes through the lust of gain, to get more added to his abundance, and, God sends him empty away - not only gives him nothing more, but often deprives him of that which he has, because he has not improved it to the honour of the giver. There is an allusion here, as in several other parts of this song, to the case of Hannah and Peninah, as related 1 Samuel 1:2, c. 1 Samuel 2:1-10.