Luke 1:76

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ σύ, παιδίον, προφήτης Ὑψίστου κληθήσῃ: προπορεύσῃ γὰρ πρὸ προσώπου Κυρίου ἑτοιμάσαι ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ·

Transliteration

And you, paidion, prophētēs Hypsistou klēthēsē: proporeusē for pro prosōpou Kyriou hetoimasai hodous of him;

Grammar Details

• *paidion*: vocative neuter singular - little child
• *prophētēs*: nominative masculine singular - prophet
• *Hypsistou*: genitive masculine singular - of Most High
• *klēthēsē*: future passive indicative, 2nd person singular - you will be called
• *proporeusē*: future middle indicative, 2nd person singular - you will go before
• *pro*: preposition with genitive - before
• *prosōpou*: genitive neuter singular - of face
• *Kyriou*: genitive masculine singular - of Lord
• *hetoimasai*: aorist active infinitive - to prepare
• *hodous*: accusative feminine plural - ways/roads

Word Meanings

• *paidion*: little child/infant/child
• *prophētēs*: prophet/one who speaks for God
• *Hypsistou*: Most High/Highest/Supreme
• *klēthēsē*: you will be called/you will be named
• *proporeusē*: you will go before/you will precede/you will go ahead
• *pro prosōpou*: before the face of/ahead of
• *Kyriou*: of Lord/of YHWH/of the Master
• *hetoimasai*: to prepare/to make ready
• *hodous*: ways/roads/paths

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And thou chylde shalt be called the Prophet of the hyest: for thou shalt goo before the face of the LORde to prepare his wayes:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And thou childe shalt be called a prophet of the Hyest: for thou shalt go before ye LORDE, to prepare his wayes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou, babe, shalt be called the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord, to prepare his waies,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde, to prepare his wayes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, For you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

• World English Bible (2000)

  And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

Referenced Verses

• Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Suddenly, the Lord whom you are seeking will come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—behold, he is coming,
• Mark 1:2-3 : 2 As it is written in the prophets: 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' 3 'A voice is calling out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight.'
• Luke 1:32 : 32 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.
• Luke 1:35 : 35 The angel replied to her, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.'
• Matt 11:9-9 : 9 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 This is the one about whom it is written: 'Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.'
• Matt 14:5 : 5 Though Herod wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd because they considered John to be a prophet.
• Matt 3:3 : 3 This is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: 'A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight.'
• Acts 16:17 : 17 She followed Paul and us, shouting, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!'
• Matt 3:11 : 11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• Ps 87:5 : 5 And of Zion it will be said, 'This one and that one were born in her,' for the Most High Himself will establish her.
• Isa 40:3-5 : 3 A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. 5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
• Matt 21:26 : 26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the crowd, because everyone considers John to be a prophet.
• Mark 11:32 : 32 But if we say, 'From men,' they were afraid of the crowd, for everyone regarded John as truly a prophet.
• Luke 1:16-17 : 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel back to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.
• Luke 3:4-6 : 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'" 5 Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; the crooked paths will become straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth, 6 and all humanity will see God's salvation.
• Luke 6:35 : 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
• Luke 7:27-28 : 27 'This is the one about whom it is written: "Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You."' 28 'I tell you, among those born of women, no one is greater than John the Baptist. Yet, the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.'
• John 1:23 : 23 He replied, 'I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Make straight the way for the Lord,” as the prophet Isaiah said.'
• John 1:27 : 27 He is the one who comes after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.
• John 3:28 : 28 'You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent ahead of Him.’
• Acts 13:24-25 : 24 Before His coming, John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 As John was finishing his course, he said, 'Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, One is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.'