Luke 1:25 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁵ “The Lord has done this for me, and at this time [in my life] He has favored me by removing the stigma placed on me by people [i.e., for not having children].”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ Because thus the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He deigned to look on me to take away my reproach among men. [Gen. 30:23; Isa. 4:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.

Common English Bible

²⁵ “This is the Lord’s doing. He has shown his favor to me by removing my disgrace among other people.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ "For the Lord did this for me, at the time when he decided to take away my reproach among men."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he hath had regard to take away my reproach among men.

Luke 1:25 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 1:24

After those days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and she stayed in seclusion for five months, saying,

Hebrews 11:11

By [having] faith, Sarah herself received the ability to have children, even though she was [sterile, being] past the age of child-bearing, since she considered God faithful to His promise. [Note: Some translations consider “Abraham” to be the subject of this controversial verse. See Lightfoot, pp. 222-225].