Passage

Luke 1.72

Book: Luke · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"70. (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old), 71. Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;"

"72. To show mercy towards, our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;"

"73. The oath which he spake unto Abraham our father, 74. To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear," (Luke 1:70-74, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"70. (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old), 71. salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;"

"72. to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,"

"73. the oath which he swore to Abraham, our father, 74. to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear," (Luke 1:70-74, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"70. As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71. That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;"

"72. To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;"

"73. The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, 74. That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear," (Luke 1:70-74, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"70. As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age; 71. Salvation from our enemies, And out of the hand of all hating us,"

"72. To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,"

"73. An oath that He sware to Abraham our father, 74. To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered," (Luke 1:70-74, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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