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Luke 1:30-33 MWT
(30) And the angel said to her, "Have no fear, Mary; for you have found favor with   יהוה * ! And listen! (31) You will conceive in your womb, and you will give birth to a Son, and you will call His name Jesus [meaning: saves]. (32) This One will be great, and He will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to Him the throne of David His father. (33) And He will reign over the house of Jacob (Gal 3:26‑29; Gal 3:7‑9) forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end."
    *( יהוה  is God's Hebrew Name from the original Bible text: [Sounds like to English speakers. That's like Yea go team, followed by Vah, as in the first two letters of Vault.])

Luke 1:30-33 NWT
So the angel said to her: "Have no fear, Mary, for you have found favor with God; 31 and, look! you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you are to call his name Jesus. 32 This one will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; and Jehovah God will give him the throne of David his father, 33 and he will rule as king over the house of Jacob forever, (Gal 3:26‑29; Gal 3:7‑9) and there will be no end of his kingdom."

Luke 1:30-33 ALT
(30) And the angel said to her, "Stop being afraid, Mary; for you [have] found favor with God! (31) "And listen! You will conceive in [your] womb, and you will give birth to a Son, and you will call His name Jesus [meaning: "Yahweh saves"]. (32) "This One will be great, and He will be called [the] Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to Him the throne of David His father. (33) "And He will reign over the house of Jacob (Gal 3:26‑29; Gal 3:7‑9) into the ages [fig. forever], and of His kingdom there will be no end."

Luke 1:30-33 GNB
The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary; God has been gracious to you. (31) You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. (32) He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High God. The Lord God will make him a king, as his ancestor David was, (33) and he will be the king of the descendants of Jacob (Gal 3:26‑29; Gal 3:7‑9) forever; his kingdom will never end!"

Luke 1:30-33 GW
The angel told her, "Don't be afraid, Mary. You have found favor with God. (31) You will become pregnant, give birth to a son, and name him Jesus. (32) He will be a great man and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. (33) Your son will be king of Jacob's people (Gal 3:26‑29; Gal 3:7‑9) forever, and his kingdom will never end."

Luke 1:30-33 KJV
And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. (31) And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. (32) He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: (33) And he shall reign over the house of Jacob (Gal 3:26‑29; Gal 3:7‑9) for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Luke 1:30-33 BBE
(30) And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval. (31) And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus. (32) He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the LORD God will give him the kingdom of David, his father: (33) He will have rule over the house of Jacob (Gal 3:26‑29; Gal 3:7‑9) for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation