Luke 1:51 “He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who…”

Luke 1:51

He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

World English Bible

He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

American Standard Version

He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

Geneva Bible 1599

Hee hath shewed strength with his arme: hee hath scattered the proude in the imagination of their hearts.

Darby Translation

He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.

Young's Literal Translation

He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

Bible in Basic English

With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.

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Cross references

“shewed”

Psalm 98:1 Isaiah 52:10 Isaiah 51:9 Psalm 89:13 Psalm 118:15 Isaiah 40:10

Psalm 98:1 · BSB

Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.

Isaiah 52:10 · BSB

The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

Isaiah 51:9 · BSB

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

Psalm 89:13 · BSB

Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

Psalm 118:15 · BSB

Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!

Isaiah 40:10 · BSB

Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.

“he hath scattered”

Daniel 4:37 Exodus 18:11 Job 40:9–12 Psalm 2:1–6 Psalm 89:10 Isaiah 10:12–19

Daniel 4:37 · BSB

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Exodus 18:11 · BSB

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

Job 40:9–12 · BSB

Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

Psalm 2:1–6 · BSB

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalm 89:10 · BSB

You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Isaiah 10:12–19 · BSB

So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

“the imagination”

Romans 1:21 Genesis 6:5 Genesis 8:21 2 Corinthians 10:5 Deuteronomy 29:19 Deuteronomy 29:20

Romans 1:21 · BSB

For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

Genesis 6:5 · BSB

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

Genesis 8:21 · BSB

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all l…

2 Corinthians 10:5 · BSB

We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Deuteronomy 29:19 · BSB

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land…

Deuteronomy 29:20 · BSB

The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

50His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.

52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.

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