Luke 1:14 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁴ And you will have joy and happiness and many people will rejoice when he is born.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And you shall have joy and exultant delight, and many will rejoice over his birth,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ He will be a joy and delight to you, and many people will rejoice at his birth,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And there will be joy and exultation for you, and many will rejoice in his nativity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice in his nativity.

Luke 1:14 Cross References

Luke 1:13

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid Zacharias, for your earnest prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will give birth to a son and you will name him John.

Luke 1:15

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and he will not drink any wine or intoxicating drinks [Note: This restriction suggests that John may have taken the special vow of consecration making him a “Nazarite”]. And he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the time he is born.

Luke 1:58

When her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had extended great mercy toward her [i.e., in giving her a child], they rejoiced with her.