Luke 1:7
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
KJV
καὶ οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς τέκνον, καθότι ἦν ἡ Ἐλισάβετ στεῖρα, καὶ ἀμφότεροι προβεβηκότες ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτῶν ἦσαν.
Greek NT
Et non erat illis filius, eo quod esset Elisabeth sterilis, et ambo processissent in diebus suis.
Vulgate
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
ASV
And they had no son, for that Elizabeth was barren: and they both were well advanced in years.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἦν ἡ Ἐλισάβετ — SBLGNT
- ἦν ἡ Ἐλισάβετ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἡ Ἐλισάβετ ἦν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 1:2 — And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
- 2Kgs 4:14 — And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
- 2Kgs 4:14 — And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
- Gen 16:1 — Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- Gen 16:1 — Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- Gen 17:17 — Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
- Gen 18:11 — Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
- Gen 25:21 — And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- Gen 25:21 — And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- Gen 29:31 — And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Heb 11:11 — Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
- Josh 13:1 — Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
- Judg 13:2 — And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
- Judg 13:2 — And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
- Luke 1:18 — And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.