Luke 1:25 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁵ “יהוה  has done this for me, in the days when He looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.”

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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

And Yitsḥ

2 Samuel 6:23

And Miḵ

Isaiah 25:8

He shall swallow up death forever, and the Master יהוה  shall wipe away tears from all faces, and take away the reproach of His people from all the earth. For יהוה  has spoken.

Isaiah 4:1

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, “We shall eat our own food and wear our own clothes; only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.”

Luke 1:13

But the messenger said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zeḵ

Luke 1:24

And after those days his wife Elisheḇ

Hebrews 11:11

By belief also, Sarah herself was enabled to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the normal age, because she deemed Him trustworthy who had promised.

Judges 11:37

And she said to her father, “Let this be done for me: let me alone for two months, and let me go and wander on the mountains and bewail my maidenhood, my friends and I.”

1 Samuel 1:6

Moreover, her rival also provoked her greatly, to make her irritable, because יהוה  had shut up her womb.