So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, ‘After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?’
1 Peter 3:6 - New International Version (Anglicised) like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It was thus that Sarah obeyed Abraham [following his guidance and acknowledging his headship over her by] calling him lord (master, leader, authority). And you are now her true daughters if you do right and let nothing terrify you [not giving way to hysterical fears or letting anxieties unnerve you]. American Standard Version (1901) as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror. Common English Bible For example, Sarah accepted Abraham’s authority when she called him “master”. You have become her children when you do good and don’t respond to threats with fear. Catholic Public Domain Version For so Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her daughters, well-behaved and unafraid of any disturbance. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, doing well, and not fearing any disturbance. |
So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, ‘After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?’
Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, ‘I did not laugh.’ But he said, ‘Yes, you did laugh.’
Let the king be enthralled by your beauty; honour him, for he is your lord.
‘Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have not been true to me, and have neither remembered me nor taken this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?
But Peter and John replied, ‘Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges!
At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight.