Luke 1:7 - Plain English Version

⁷ They got very old, but they didn’t have any kids. You see, Elizabeth just couldn’t have a baby.

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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.

Luke 1:7 Cross References

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 18:11

Abraham and Sarah were both very old. She knew she was too old to have a baby,

Genesis 25:21

At first, after Isaac and Rebekah got married, they didn’t have any kids. Rebekah just couldn’t have a baby. So Isaac prayed strongly to God. He said, “Please let Rebekah have a baby.” God listened to Isaac, and God made 2 baby boys start growing inside Rebekah.

Genesis 30:1

Leah already had 4 kids with Jacob, but her sister Rachel didn’t have any kids. So Rachel got jealous of Leah. Then Rachel said to Jacob, “Give me kids. If you don’t, I will be so sad that I will die.”

Luke 1:5

When Herod was the big boss over Judea country, there was a man there that was called Zekariah. He was one of the men that looked after the Jewish ceremonies. There were different groups that did the Jewish ceremonies for the people at different times. He was in the group called the Abijah mob. His wife belonged to a family of Jewish ceremony people too. Her name was Elizabeth.

Luke 1:6

Those 2 people, Zekariah and Elizabeth, they were very good people. They did everything in God’s law, and God liked the way they lived.

Luke 1:8

The time came for Zekariah’s mob to do the ceremonies in God’s ceremony house, in Jerusalem city.

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.

1 Samuel 1:2

He had 2 wives called Hannah and Penninah. Penninah had some kids, but Hannah had none.