Luke 1:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 1:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
εἶπεν
légō
G3004
to say
Ζαχαρίας
Zacharías
G2197
Zacharias
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
ἄγγελον
ángelos
G32
angel
κατὰ
katá
G2596
down
τί
tís
G5101
who
γνώσομαι
ginṓskō
G1097
to know
τοῦτο
hoûtos
G3778
this
ἐγὼ
egṓ
G1473
I
γάρ
gár
G1063
for
εἰμι
eimí
G1510
to be
πρεσβύτης
presbýtēs
G4246
old man
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
γυνή
gynḗ
G1135
woman
μου
egṓ
G1473
I
προβεβηκυῖα
probaínō
G4260
to go forward
ἐν
en
G1722
in
ταῖς
ho
G3588
the
ἡμέραις
hēméra
G2250
day
αὐτῆς
autós
G846
he
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World English Bible Public Domain
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."
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King James Version Public Domain
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Zechariah said to the angel, “How will I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her days.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).