Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at 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.”
- 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.
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- Gen 30:22–23And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
- Isa 4:1And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
- Isa 54:1–4Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
- Gen 21:1–2And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
- Gen 25:21And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- 1 Sam 1:6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
- Heb 11:11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
- 1 Sam 2:21–22And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
- 1 Sam 1:19–20And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
- Luke 1:13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
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