Luke 1:16
“And many of the children of Israel shall hee turne to the Lord their God.”
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Luke 1:16 Context
14And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth: 15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shal drinke neither wine, nor strong drinke, and he shall bee filled with the holy Ghost, euen from his mothers wombe. 16And many of the children of Israel shall hee turne to the Lord their God. 17And hee shall goe before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turne the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. 18And Zacharias said vnto the Angel, Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife well striken in yeeres.
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Other Translations for Luke 1:16
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
- King James Version
"And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And many of the children of Israel shall be turn unto the Lord their God.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.
- Basic English Bible
And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to [the] Lord their God.
- Darby Bible
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
- Webster's Bible
Many of the descendants of Israel will he turn to the Lord their God;
- Weymouth Bible
He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.
- World English Bible
And he schal conuerte many of the children of Israel to her Lord God;
- Wycliffe Bible
and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 1:16
1:16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn - None therefore need be ashamed of preaching like John the Baptist. To the Lord their God - To Christ.