Luke 1:50
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Luke 1:50 in other translations
| BSB | His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation. |
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| WEB | His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him. |
| ASV | And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him. |
| YLT | And His kindness is to generations of generations, To those fearing Him, |
| DARBY | and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him. |
| BBE | His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him. |
| Webster | And his mercy is on them that fear him, from generation to generation. |
What does Luke 1:50 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:46-55
46-55. A magnificent canticle, in which the strain of Hannah's ancient song, in like circumstances, is caught up, and just slightly modified and sublimed. Is it unnatural to suppose that the spirit of the blessed Virgin had been drawn beforehand into mysterious sympathy with the ideas and the tone of this hymn, so that when the life and fire of inspiration penetrated her whole soul it spontaneously swept the chorus…
Barnes' Notes
Is on them. Is shown or manifested to them.
That fear him. That reverence or honour him. One kind of fear is that which a servant has of a cruel master, or which a man has of a precipice, the plague, or death. This is not the fear which we ought to have toward God. It is the fear which a dutiful child has of a kind and virtuous father -- a fear of injuring his feelings; of dishonouring him by our life; of doing anything which he would disapprove. It is on those who have such fear of God that his mercy descends. This is the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom, Ps 111:10, Job 28:28.
From generation to generation. From one age to another --that is, it is unceasing; it continues and abounds. But it means also more than this. It means that God's mercy will descend on the children and children's children of those that fear him and keep his commandments, Ex 20:6. In this respect it is an unspeakable privilege to be descended from pious parents; to have been the subject of their prayers, and to have received their blessing. It is also a matter of vast guilt not to copy their example and to walk in their steps. If God is disposed to show mercy to thousands of generations, how heavy will be the condemnation if the children of pious parents do not avail themselves of it and early seek his favour!
(y) Gen 17:17, Ex 20:6, Ps 103:17
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 1:39-56
It is very good for those who have the work of grace begun in their souls, to communicate one to another. On Mary's arrival, Elisabeth was conscious of the approach of her who was to be the mother of the great Redeemer. At the same time she was filled with the Holy Ghost, and under his influence declared that Mary and her expected child were most blessed and happy, as peculiarly honoured of and dear to the Most High…
Luke 1:50 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 1:50
- Psalms 103:17-18
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
- Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
- Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Psalms 118:4
Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
- Exodus 34:6-7
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
- Psalms 145:19
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- Psalms 103:11
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
- Psalms 115:13
He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.
- Psalms 31:19
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
- Revelation 19:5
And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
- Malachi 3:16-18
Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
- Psalms 147:11
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Luke 1:49
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
- Luke 1:50
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
- Luke 1:51
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Luke 1:50 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y su misericordia de generación á generación á los que le temen. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et sa miséricorde est de générations en générations sur ceux qui le craignent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und seine Barmherzigkeit ist von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht über die, welche ihn fürchten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies timentibus eum. |