Luke 1:25 - Plain English Version

²⁵ She said, “Wow. God is properly good to me. He will let me have a baby, and nobody will rubbish me any more.”

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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."

Luke 1:25 Cross References

Genesis 25:21

At first, after Isaac and Rebekah got married, they didn’t have any kids. Rebekah just couldn’t have a baby. So Isaac prayed strongly to God. He said, “Please let Rebekah have a baby.” God listened to Isaac, and God made 2 baby boys start growing inside Rebekah.

Luke 1:13

But the angel told him, “Don’t be frightened, Zekariah. God has heard what you have been asking him, and he will give you what you want. Your wife, Elizabeth, will have a baby boy, and you will name him John.

Luke 1:24

Soon after that, his wife, Elizabeth, found out she was going to have a baby. She stayed inside her house for 5 months.

1 Samuel 1:6

But Penninah used to make fun of her because she had no kids. So Hannah got upset.