^1:42She¹³⁴ exclaimed with a loud voice,¹³⁵ “Blessed are you among women,¹³⁶ and blessed is the child¹³⁷ in your womb! ^1:43And who am I¹³⁸ that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me? ^1:44For the instant¹³⁹ the sound of your greeting reached my ears,¹⁴⁰ the baby in my womb leaped for joy.¹⁴¹

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Footnotes

134 Grk “and she.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
135 Grk “and she exclaimed with a great cry and said.” The verb εἶπεν (eipen, “said”) has not been included in the translation since it is redundant in contemporary English.
136 The commendation Blessed are you among women means that Mary has a unique privilege to be the mother of the promised one of God.
137 Grk “fruit,” which is figurative here for the child she would give birth to.
138 Grk “From where this to me?” The translation suggests the note of humility and surprise that Elizabeth feels in being a part of these events. The ἵνα (hina) clause which follows explains what “this” is. A literal translation would read “From where this to me, that is, that the mother of my Lord comes to visit me?”
139 Grk “for behold.”
140 Grk “when the sound of your greeting [reached] my ears.”
141 On the statement the baby in my womb leaped for joy see both 1:14 and 1:41. This notes a fulfillment of God’s promised word.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and your child will be blessed! How could this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy inside me.

NLTNew Living Translation

Elizabeth gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, “God has blessed you above all women, and your child is blessed. Why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should visit me? When I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And she cried out with a loud shout and said,

“Blessed are you among women,

and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

And why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy!

KJV 1900King James Version

And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

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