Luke 1:44

44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

Luke 1:44 in Other Translations

44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

44 For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

44 When I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy.

44 The moment the sound of your greeting entered my ears, The babe in my womb skipped like a lamb for sheer joy.

44 For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

44 As soon as I heard your greeting, I felt the baby jump for joy.

44 For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy inside me!

44 As soon as I heard the sound of your voice, the baby inside me jumped for joy.

Luke 1:44 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:44

For lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in
mine ears
This she mentions, as the signal by which she knew that she was the mother of her Lord; namely, from that unusual and extraordinary motion of the child, she felt within her:

the babe leaped in my womb for joy;
that the mother of her Lord, and his, was come thither: the Jews ought not to object to this, who affirm, that the embryos, or infants in their mother's womb, sung the song at the Red Sea, and praised God. ^F9

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Targum in Ps lxviii. 27. Zohar in Exod. fol. 23. 3. T. Hieros, Sota, fol. 20. 3. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 75. 3.

Luke 1:44 In-Context

42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!

43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”

46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord