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Luke 1:50

And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

KJV

καὶ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γενεὰς τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν.

Greek NT

et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies timentibus eum.

Vulgate

And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

ASV

And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γενεά
genea
noun · 43×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ἔλεος
eleos
noun · 27×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: καὶ γενεὰς | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ γενεὰς | RP: γενεῶν
  • καὶ γενεὰςSBLGNT
  • καὶ γενεὰςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • γενεῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§722The Holy Spirit prepared Mary by his grace. It was fitting that the mother of him in whom "the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily"102 should herself be "full of grace." She was, by sheer grace, conceived without sin as the most humble of creatures, the most capable of welcoming the inexpressible gift of the Almighty. It was quite correct for the angel Gabriel to greet her as…
§2465The Old Testament attests that God is the source of all truth. His Word is truth. His Law is truth. His "faithfulness endures to all generations."254 Since God is "true," the members of his people are called to live in the truth.255
§2619That is why the Canticle of Mary,91 The Magnificat (Latin) or Megalynei (byzantine) is the song both of the Mother of God and of the Church; the song of the Daughter of Zion and of the new People of God; the song of thanksgiving for the fullness of graces poured out in the economy of salvation and the song of the "poor" whose hope is met by the fulfillment of the promises made …
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Cross-references

  • 2Chr 6:14 — And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
  • 2Chr 7:3 — And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and pr
  • 2Kgs 17:39 — But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
  • Eccl 7:18 — It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
  • Eccl 8:12 — Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
  • Eccl 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
  • Exod 1:20 — Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
  • Exod 20:6 — And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
  • Exod 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
  • Ezra 3:11 — And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when the
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 43:14 — And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
  • Hab 3:6 — He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
  • Isa 51:8 — For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
  • Jas 5:11 — Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
  • Lam 3:22 — It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
  • Mal 3:16 — 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 h
  • Mal 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
  • Ps 22:23 — Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
  • Ps 25:6 — Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
  • Ps 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!
  • Ps 100:5 — For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
  • Ps 103:11 — For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
  • Ps 103:11 — For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
  • Ps 103:17 — But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
  • Ps 107:1 — O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 112:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
  • Ps 115:13 — He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
  • Ps 115:13 — He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
  • Ps 118:4 — Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 128:1 — Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
  • Ps 136:1 — O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 145:19 — He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
  • Ps 147:11 — The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
  • Rev 11:18 — And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them
  • Rev 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.
  • Titus 3:5 — Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;