Luke 1:18 - Plain English Version

¹⁸ Zekariah said to the angel, “But that’s hard for me to believe. I am an old man, and my wife is old too. We are too old now to have a baby. How can I be sure that your message is true?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know and be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? My wife and I are very old.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And Zechariah said to the Angel: "How may I know this? For I am elderly, and my wife is advanced in years."

Luke 1:18 Cross References

Genesis 15:8

Abram said to God, “Yahweh, I know you are very powerful, but how can I be really sure that I will get all this country?”

Genesis 17:17

Abraham got down on his knees again and put his face near the ground, and he laughed. He thought, “I am nearly 100 years old, and Sarah is nearly 90. We can’t have a baby. We are too old.”

Genesis 18:12

so when she heard him say that, she laughed quietly and said to herself, “I am too old and worn out to have a baby, and my good boss, my husband, he is old too. If I had a baby, I would be really happy. But I’m too old for that now.”

Luke 1:34

Mary said, “But I’m not married. I’ve never slept with a man, like a wife sleeps with her husband. How will I get a baby?”

Luke 1:7

They got very old, but they didn’t have any kids. You see, Elizabeth just couldn’t have a baby.

Romans 4:19

Abraham kept on believing God, and he waited for God to do that, just like he promised. Abraham knew that his body was old. It was so old it was nearly dead. He was about 100 years old. And Sarah, his wife, she was also too old to have a baby. But Abraham kept on believing anyway.