Luke 1:39

37 For no word from God will ever fail.”

38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,

40 where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
KJV
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
WEB
Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,
ASV
And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;
DARBY
And Mary, rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah,
BLB
Now Mary, having risen up in these days, went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah,
ÅB
Men Maria sto opp i de dager og skyndte seg til fjellbygdene, til en by i Juda,
OTB
På den tiden brøt Maria opp og skyndte seg til en by i fjellene i Judea,
B1930
Men Maria stod op i de dager og skyndte sig til fjellbygdene, til en by i Juda,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 1:65

    All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.

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  • Joshua 15:48–59

    These were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

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  • Joshua 10:40

    So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

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  • Joshua 20:7

    So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

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  • Joshua 21:9–11

    From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name

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