Luke 1:18

In 9 translations

BSB

“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

KJV

And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

WEB

Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

ASV

And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

LSV

And Zacharias said to the messenger, “Whereby will I know this? For I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?”

YLT

And Zacharias said unto the messenger, 'Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

DBY

And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in years?

DRC

And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.

GNV

Then Zacharias said vnto ye Angel, Whereby shall I knowe this? for I am an olde man, and my wife is of a great age.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ εἶπεν Ζαχαρίας πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον· Κατὰ τί γνώσομαι τοῦτο; ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι πρεσβύτης καὶ ἡ γυνή μου προβεβηκυῖα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτῆς.

RP2018

Καὶ εἶπεν Ζαχαρίας πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον, Κατὰ τί γνώσομαι τοῦτο; Ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι πρεσβύτης, καὶ ἡ γυνή μου προβεβηκυῖα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτῆς.

TR-Boyd

Καὶ εἶπε Ζαχαρίας πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον, Κατὰ τί γνώσομαι τοῦτο; Ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι πρεσβύτης, καὶ ἡ γυνή μου προβεβηκυῖα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτῆς.

SCR1894

και ειπεν ζαχαριας προς τον αγγελον κατα τι γνωσομαι τουτο εγω γαρ ειμι πρεσβυτης και η γυνη μου προβεβηκυια εν ταις ημεραις αυτης

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• Genesis 18:12So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
• Genesis 17:17Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
• Isaiah 38:22And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
• Luke 1:7But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
• Luke 1:34“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
• Romans 4:19Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
• 2 Kings 7:2But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you…
• Judges 6:36–40Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said, then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry,…
• Numbers 11:21–23But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’ If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the…
• Genesis 15:8But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”

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