Luke 1:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, and both of them were well on in years.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ But they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren; and both were far advanced in years.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

Common English Bible

⁷ They had no children because Elizabeth was unable to become pregnant and they both were very old.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both had become advanced in years.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And they had no son, for that Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

Luke 1:7 Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Abraham fell face down. Then he laughed  and said to himself, ‘Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth? ’

Genesis 18:11

Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years.  Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless.  The Lord was receptive to his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. ‘Give me sons, or I will die! ’  she said to Jacob.

1 Kings 1:1

Now King David was old and advanced in age.  Although they covered him with bedclothes, he could not get warm.

2 Kings 4:14

So he asked, ‘Then what should be done for her? ’ Gehazi answered, ‘Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.’

Luke 1:5

In the days of King Herod  of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah’s division  named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Luke 1:6

Both were righteous in God’s sight,  living blamelessly  according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.

Luke 1:8

When his division was on duty  and he was serving as priest before God,

Romans 4:19

He did not weaken in faith when he considered  his own body to be already dead  (since he was about a hundred years old)  and also the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

Hebrews 11:11

By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she  considered that the one who had promised was faithful.

1 Samuel 1:2

He had two wives,  the first named Hannah  and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.