Luke 1:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God,

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 40:3-5 : 3 A voice is crying -- in a wilderness -- Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God. 4 Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley. 5 And revealed hath been the honour of Jehovah, And seen `it' have all flesh together, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 And He saith, `It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and for ever.
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.
  • Matt 3:1-6 : 1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,' 3 for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.' 4 And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field. 5 Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan, 6 and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.
  • Matt 21:32 : 32 for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last -- to believe him.
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 1:17
    85%

    17and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'

  • Luke 1:75-77
    3 verses
    79%

    75To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.

    76And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

    77To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins,

  • Luke 1:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

    14and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

    15for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

  • Mal 4:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

    6And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land!

  • Luke 1:79-80
    2 verses
    74%

    79To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'

    80And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

  • Acts 13:24
    74%

    24John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

  • Luke 1:31-33
    3 verses
    73%

    31and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

    32he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

    33and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.'

  • Luke 1:66-69
    4 verses
    73%

    66and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, `What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and did prophesy, saying,

    68`Blessed `is' the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people,

    69And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,

  • Mark 1:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' --

    3`A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --

  • Mic 5:3
    72%

    3Therefore he doth give them out till the time She who bringeth forth hath brought forth, And the remnant of his brethren return to the sons of Israel.

  • Luke 2:32
    72%

    32a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'

  • Isa 31:6
    71%

    6Turn back to Him from whom sons of Israel Have deepened apostacy.

  • Luke 3:4
    71%

    4as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths;

  • Matt 3:3
    71%

    3for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'

  • Luke 1:8
    70%

    8And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God,

  • Luke 1:54-55
    2 verses
    70%

    54He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness,

    55As He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed -- to the age.'

  • Matt 11:10
    69%

    10for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

  • John 1:23
    69%

    23He said, `I `am' a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'

  • 2 Chr 30:6
    69%

    6And the runners go with letters from the hand of the king and his heads, into all Israel and Judah, even according to the command of the king, saying, `O sons of Israel, turn back unto Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and He doth turn back unto the escaped part that is left of you from the hand of the kings of Asshur;

  • Zech 1:3
    69%

    3And thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, turn back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I turn back unto you, said Jehovah of Hosts.

  • Matt 1:21-23
    3 verses
    69%

    21and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'

    22And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

    23`Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted `With us `he is' God.'

  • Isa 7:14
    69%

    14Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel,

  • Rom 11:26
    69%

    26and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, `There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,

  • Hos 1:11
    69%

    11and gathered have been the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel together, and they have appointed to themselves one head, and have gone up from the land, for great `is' the day of Jezreel.

  • Isa 59:20
    69%

    20And come to Zion hath a redeemer, Even to captives of transgression in Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Luke 7:27
    69%

    27this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

  • John 1:31
    69%

    31and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.

  • Mal 1:5
    68%

    5And your eyes do see, and ye say, `Magnified is Jehovah beyond the border of Israel,

  • Mal 3:1
    68%

    1Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.

  • Luke 3:6
    68%

    6and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'

  • Luke 1:25
    68%

    25`Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon `me', to take away my reproach among men.'

  • Jer 31:1
    68%

    1At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, I am for God to all families of Israel, And they -- they are to Me for a people.

  • 2 Chr 30:9
    68%

    9for in your turning back unto Jehovah, your brethren and your sons have mercies before their captors, even to return to this land, for gracious and merciful `is' Jehovah your God, and He doth not turn aside the face from you, if ye turn back unto Him.'

  • Zech 8:22
    68%

    22Yea, come in have many peoples, and mighty nations, To seek Jehovah of Hosts in Jerusalem, And to appease the face of Jehovah.

  • Luke 1:72
    68%

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