Luke 1:39

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀναστᾶσα δὲ Μαριὰμ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταύταις, ἐπορεύθη εἰς τὴν ὀρεινὴν μετὰ σπουδῆς, εἰς πόλιν Ἰούδα·

Transliteration

Anastasa de Mariam in the hēmerais these, eporeuthē into the oreinēn with spoudēs, into polin of Iouda;

Grammar Details

• *Anastasa*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, feminine, singular - having risen/stood up
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *Mariam*: nominative, feminine, singular - proper name
• *hēmerais*: dative, feminine, plural - days
• *eporeuthē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - went/traveled/journeyed
• *oreinēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - hill country/mountainous region
• *spoudēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - haste/earnestness
• *polin*: accusative, feminine, singular - city
• *Iouda*: genitive, masculine, singular - Judah/Judea

Word Meanings

• *Anastasa*: having risen/gotten up/set out
• *eporeuthē*: went/traveled/journeyed
• *oreinēn*: hill country/mountainous region
• *spoudēs*: haste/earnestness/diligence

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Mary arose in thoose dayes and went into ye mountayns wt hast into a cite of Iurie

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Mary arose in those dayes,and wente in to the moutaynes with haist, into ye cite of Iewry,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Marie arose in those daies, & went into ye hil countrey with hast to a citie of Iuda,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Marie arose in those dayes, & went into the hyll countrey with haste, into a citie of Iuda,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Mary and Elizabeth In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

Referenced Verses

• Luke 1:65 : 65 Fear came on all those who lived around them, and throughout the hill country of Judea, all these things were being talked about.
• Josh 10:40 : 40 So Joshua conquered the whole country—the hill country, the Negev, the lowland, and the slopes—along with all their kings. He left no survivors but devoted every living thing to destruction, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
• Josh 15:48-59 : 48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, and Socoh. 49 Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir). 50 Anab, Eshtemoh, and Anim. 51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities with their villages. 52 Arab, Rumah, and Eshan. 53 Janum, Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah. 54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities with their villages. 55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Juttah. 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, and Zanoah. 57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities with their villages. 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor. 59 Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon—six cities with their villages.
• Josh 20:7 : 7 So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
• Josh 21:9-9 : 9 From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they gave the following cities by name. 10 These cities were for the descendants of Aaron, who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, for the first lot was for them. 11 They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasture lands. Arba was the ancestor of the Anakites.