Luke 1:42 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴² Then she spoke out in a loud voice and said, “[Mary], you are [truly] blessed [from] among [all] women, and the child you will bear [i.e., Jesus] is blessed [as well].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² and she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² And she cried out with a loud cry, and then exclaimed, Blessed (favored of God) above all other women are you! And blessed (favored of God) is the Fruit of your womb!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴² and she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Common English Bible

⁴² With a loud voice she blurted out, “God has blessed you above all women, and he has blessed the child you carry.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² And she cried out with a loud voice and said: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴² And she cried out with a loud voice, and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Luke 1:42 Cross References

Luke 1:28

The angel came to her and said, “Greetings, you are someone greatly favored [i.e., by God]; the Lord is with you.”

Luke 1:41

And it happened when Elizabeth heard Mary greet her, the baby in Elizabeth’s womb “kicked,” and she was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Luke 1:43

But why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to [visit] me?

Luke 1:48

For He has looked favorably on the humble circumstances of His servant-girl. And consider this, all generations of people will call me ‘blessed’ from now on.

Luke 19:38

They were saying, “May the King who comes in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord, be blessed. May there be peace in heaven and praise [to God] in the highest [i.e., may this praise reach to the highest heaven].”

Romans 9:5

They are descended from our forefathers; they are the ones from whom Christ was born physically. He is God over everything [Note: Or this may be “God is over everything”] and should be praised forever! May it be so.

Hebrews 12:2

We should fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and completer of the [or, “our”] faith. [Note: Jesus is here pictured as the one who completely fulfills the life of faith, or who provides us with the ability to live such a life]. [And] because He could look forward to joy, He endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right side of God’s throne.