16Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God.


In Context

13 But the angel said to him: "Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth,

15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth.

16 Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God.

17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous--to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

18 Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years."

Luke 1:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And many of the children of Israel shall be turn unto the Lord their God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And many of the children of Israel shall he turn unto the Lord their God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.