“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
- BSB “The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
- ESV “Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.”
- NKJV “Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.”
- NASB “This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor upon me, to take away my disgrace among people.”
- NLT “How kind the Lord is!” she exclaimed. “He has taken away my disgrace of having no children.”
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Quick answer
Elizabeth praises God for taking away her reproach by giving her a child. She sees her pregnancy as the Lord's gracious act.
Overview
Elizabeth recognizes God's hand in removing the social shame of barrenness. Her words echo Rachel and other women whom God remembered. Her gratitude exalts the Lord as the one who shows mercy and reverses human disgrace.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 30:22–23God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
- Isa 4:1Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.”
- Isa 54:1–4“Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth; break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says Yahweh.
- Gen 21:1–2Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.
- Gen 25:21Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- 1 Sam 1:6Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.
- Heb 11:11By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
- 1 Sam 2:21–22Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
- 1 Sam 1:19–20They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
- Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
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