Luke 1:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.”
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“But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 1:7 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 15:2But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
- Genesis 16:1Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
- 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?”
- Genesis 18:11And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
- Genesis 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
- Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
- Judges 13:2Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
- 1 Samuel 1:2He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
- 1 Samuel 1:5But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
- 1 Kings 1:1Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
- 2 Kings 4:14So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
- 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.
- Hebrews 11:11By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
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