Luke 1:57

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.”

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BSBPD

“When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now Elisabeth’s time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 1:57 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 21:2So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
  2. Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
  3. Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
  4. Luke 2:6While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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