Luke 1:59 — Compare Translations

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And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

English Amplified

And it occurred that on the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were intending to call him Zachariah after his father, [Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:3.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And it occurred that on the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were intending to call him Zachariah after his father, [Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:3.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

When they came to circumcise the child on the eighth day, they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his father, Zacharias.

English EASY 2024

When the child was eight days old, people met together to circumcise him. They wanted to call the child Zechariah. This was the same name that his father had.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

When the baby was eight days old, they came to circumcise him. They wanted to name him Zechariah because this was his father's name.

And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

When the baby was a week old, they came to circumcise him, and they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.

English God's Word - GW 1995

When the child was eight days old, they went {to the temple} to circumcise him. They were going to name him Zechariah after his father.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

When they came to circumcise the child on the eighth day, they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.

English KJV 1611

And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

English LSB

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zechariah, after the name of his father.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they were calling him Zechariah, after the name of his father.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

On the eighth day, they came to have the child circumcised. They were going to name him Zechariah, like his father.

English NIV

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,

English NKJ 1982

So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him by the name of his father, Zacharias.

English NLT

When the baby was eight days old, all the relatives and friends came for the circumcision ceremony. They wanted to name him Zechariah, after his father.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him Zechariah after his father.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

When the baby was eight days old, according to their custom, all the family and friends came together for the circumcision ceremony. Everyone assumed that the parents would name the baby Zechariah, after his father,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they would have named him Zechariah after his father,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

When the baby was eight days old, all the relatives and friends came for the circumcision ceremony. They all assumed the baby's name would be Zacharias, after his father.

English Tyndale 1537

And it fortuned the eighth day: they came to circumcise the child: and called his name Zacari after the name of his father,