Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Sara laughed in herself saying, "Now I am waxed old, shall I give myself to lust, and my lord old also?"
New American Standard Bible
Sarah laughed
King James Version
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Holman Bible
So she laughed to herself: “After I have become shriveled up and my lord is old, will I have delight?”
International Standard Version
That's why Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I'm so old and my husband is old, too, am I going to have sex?"
A Conservative Version
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have become old shall I have pleasure, my lord also being old?
American Standard Version
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Amplified
So Sarah laughed to herself [when she heard the Lord’s words], saying, “After I have become old, shall I have pleasure and delight, my lord (husband) being also old?”
Bible in Basic English
And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?
Darby Translation
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?
Julia Smith Translation
And Sarah will laugh within her, saying, After it has not been to me till now, and my lord, being old.
King James 2000
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have grown old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Sarah laughed to herself saying, "After I am worn out and my husband is old, shall [this] pleasure be to me?"
Modern King James verseion
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After my being old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
NET Bible
So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?"
New Heart English Bible
Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"
The Emphasized Bible
So then Sarah laughed within herself, saying: After I am past age, hath there come to me pleasure, my lord, also being old?
Webster
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
World English Bible
Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"
Youngs Literal Translation
and Abraham and Sarah are aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah;
Themes
Condescension of God » Enters into covenant with abraham
Derision » Instances of » Sarah, when the angels gave her the promise of a child
isaac » The miraculous son of abraham » Prophecies concerning
isaac » The miraculous son of abraham
Mamre » A plain near hebron » Entertains three angels, and is promised a son
Miracles » Catalogue of » The conception of isaac
Sarah » Also called sarai » Her miraculous conception of isaac
Interlinear
Balah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 18:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Isaac's Birth Promised
11 Abraham and Sara were both old and well stricken in age, and it ceased to be with Sara after the manner as it is with wives. 12 And Sara laughed in herself saying, "Now I am waxed old, shall I give myself to lust, and my lord old also?" 13 Then said the LORD unto Abraham, "Wherefore doth Sara laugh saying, 'shall I of a surety bear a child, now when I am old?'
Cross References
Genesis 17:17
And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sara, that is ninety years old, bear?"
1 Peter 3:6
even as Sara obeyed Abraham and called him "Lord" - whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well, not being afraid of every shadow.
Genesis 18:13
Then said the LORD unto Abraham, "Wherefore doth Sara laugh saying, 'shall I of a surety bear a child, now when I am old?'
Genesis 21:6-7
And Sara said, "God hath made me a laughingstock: for all that hear, will laugh at me."
Psalm 126:2
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with joy. Then said they among the heathen, "The LORD hath done great things for them."
Luke 1:18-20
And Zacharias said unto the angel, "Whereby shall I know this? Seeing that I am old, and my wife well stricken in years."
Luke 1:34-35
Then said Mary unto the angel, "How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?"
Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless, do ye so that every one of you love his wife truly even as himself: And let the wife see that she fear her husband.
Hebrews 11:11-12
Through faith Sarah also received strength to be with child, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful which had promised.