Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

New American Standard Bible

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;

King James Version

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

Holman Bible

He will be great
and will be called the Son of the Most High,
and the Lord God will give Him
the throne of His father David.

International Standard Version

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.

A Conservative Version

This man will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.

American Standard Version

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

Amplified

He will be great and eminent and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;

An Understandable Version

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest [i.e., God], and the Lord will give Him the throne of His forefather King David.

Anderson New Testament

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of David his father;

Bible in Basic English

He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

Common New Testament

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

Daniel Mace New Testament

he shall be great, he shall be the son of the most high. the Lord God shall give him the throne of his father David.

Darby Translation

He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father;

Godbey New Testament

He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David:

Goodspeed New Testament

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,

John Wesley New Testament

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give him the throne of his father David.

Julia Smith Translation

He shall be great, and he shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father:

King James 2000

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

Lexham Expanded Bible

This one will be great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

Modern King James verseion

He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God shall give Him the throne of His father David.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He shall be great, and shall be called the son of the highest. And the Lord God shall give unto him the seat of his father David:

Moffatt New Testament

He will be great, he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father;

Montgomery New Testament

"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. "And the Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,

NET Bible

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

New Heart English Bible

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

Noyes New Testament

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of David his father;

Sawyer New Testament

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

The Emphasized Bible

the same, shall be great, and, Son of the Most High, shall be called, and the Lord God, will give unto him, the throne of David his father, -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father;

Twentieth Century New Testament

The child shall be great and shall be called 'Son of the Most High,' and the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David,

Webster

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.

Weymouth New Testament

He will be great and He will be called 'Son of the Most High.' And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David;

Williams New Testament

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David,

World English Bible

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

Worrell New Testament

He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His father David;

Worsley New Testament

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God shall give Him the throne of David his father,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He
οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

shall be
ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83

μέγας 
megas 
Usage: 167

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

καλέω 
Kaleo 
call, bid, be so named, named ,
Usage: 106

the Son
υἱός 
Huios 
Usage: 213

of the Highest
ὕψιστος 
Hupsistos 
Usage: 12

the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

δίδωμι 
Didomi 
Usage: 254


Usage: 0

the throne
θρόνος 
Thronos 
Usage: 52

of
πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

his

Usage: 0

πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

Devotionals

Devotionals about Luke 1:32

Images Luke 1:32

Prayers for Luke 1:32

Context Readings

The Prediction Of Jesus' Birth

31 and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus; 32 he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father, 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.'


Cross References

Mark 5:7

and having called with a loud voice, he said, 'What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!'

Luke 1:35

And the messenger answering said to her, 'The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

Psalm 132:11

Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee.

Isaiah 9:6-7

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 16:5

And established in kindness is the throne, And one hath sat on it in truth, in the tent of David, Judging and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

Revelation 3:7

'And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith he who is holy, he who is true, he who is having the key of David, he who is opening and no one doth shut, and he shutteth and no one doth open!

2 Samuel 7:11-13

even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I have given rest to thee from all thine enemies, and Jehovah hath declared to thee that Jehovah doth make for thee a house.

2 Samuel 7:16

and stedfast is thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'

Jeremiah 23:5-6

Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.

Matthew 28:18

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, 'Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth;

Luke 1:76

And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

Acts 2:30

a prophet, therefore, being, and knowing that with an oath God did swear to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ, to sit upon his throne,

Jeremiah 33:15-17

In those days, and at that time, I cause to shoot up to David a shoot of righteousness, And he hath done judgment and righteousness in the earth.

Ezekiel 17:22-24

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set it, From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I -- I have planted it on a mountain high and lofty.

Ezekiel 34:23-24

And have raised up over them one shepherd, And he hath fed them -- my servant David, He doth feed them, and he is their shepherd,

Ezekiel 37:24-25

And My servant David is king over them, And one shepherd have they all, And in My judgments they go, And My statutes they keep, and have done them.

Amos 9:11-12

In that day I raise the tabernacle of David, that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches, And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old.

Matthew 1:1

A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.

Matthew 3:11

'I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

Matthew 12:42

'A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, a greater than Solomon here!

Mark 14:61

and he was keeping silent, and did not answer anything. Again the chief priest was questioning him, and saith to him, 'Art thou the Christ -- the Son of the Blessed?'

Luke 1:15

for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

Luke 3:16

John answered, saying to all, 'I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

Luke 6:35

'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

John 3:35-36

the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand;

John 5:21-29

'For, as the Father doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth;

John 6:69

and we have believed, and we have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'

John 12:34

the multitude answered him, 'We heard out of the law that the Christ doth remain -- to the age; and how dost thou say, That it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up? who is this -- the Son of Man?'

Acts 2:36

assuredly, therefore, let all the house of Israel know, that both Lord and Christ did God make him -- this Jesus whom ye did crucify.'

Acts 7:48

'But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:

Acts 16:17

she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;'

Romans 1:4

who is marked out Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of sanctification, by the rising again from the dead,) Jesus Christ our Lord;

Ephesians 1:20-23

which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

Philippians 2:9-11

wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that is above every name,

Hebrews 1:2-8

in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

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