Genesis 18:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Is{H6381} anything{H1697} too hard{H6381} for Jehovah?{H3068} At the set{H4150} time I will return{H7725} unto thee, when the season{H6256} cometh round,{H2416} and Sarah{H8283} shall have a son.{H1121}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Is{H6381} any thing{H1697} too hard{H6381}{(H8735)} for the LORD{H3068}? At the time appointed{H4150} I will return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto thee, according to the time{H6256} of life{H2416}, and Sarah{H8283} shall have a son{H1121}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    is the thinge to harde for the LORde to do? In the tyme appoynted will I returne vnto the as soone as the frute can haue lyfe And Sara shall haue a sonne.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Shulde eny soch thinge be to harde for the LORDE? Aboute this tyme (yf I lyue) I wil come to the agayne, & Sara shal haue a sonne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    (Shall any thing be hard to the Lord? at the time appointed will I returne vnto thee, euen according to the time of life, and Sarah shall haue a sonne.)

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Is any thing vnpossible to God? Accordyng to the tyme appoynted wyll I returne vnto thee euen according to the time of life: & Sara shall haue a sonne.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, `Why `is' this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really -- I bear -- and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah, Lord GOD! You made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
  • Matt 19:26 : 26 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
  • Luke 1:37 : 37 For nothing will be impossible with God.
  • Mark 10:27 : 27 Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.'
  • Jer 32:27 : 27 'Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too difficult for Me?'
  • Eph 3:20 : 20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
  • Zech 8:6 : 6 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: If this seems incredible to the remnant of this people in those days, will it also seem incredible to me? declares the LORD of Hosts.
  • Job 42:2 : 2 I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like You, forgiving iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love.
  • Gen 18:10 : 10 Then one of them said, 'I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.' Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him.
  • Num 11:23 : 23 The LORD answered Moses, 'Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.'
  • Luke 1:13 : 13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.
  • Rom 4:21 : 21 being fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised.
  • Matt 14:31 : 31 Immediately, Jesus reached out His hand, caught him, and said, 'You of little faith, why did you doubt?'
  • Phil 3:21 : 21 who will transform our lowly bodies to be like his glorious body, through the power that enables him to bring everything under his control.
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
  • Gen 17:21 : 21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.
  • Ps 95:3 : 3 For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods.
  • Ps 90:13 : 13 Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
  • Ps 93:1 : 1 The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Indeed, the world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
  • Deut 7:21 : 21 Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
  • Deut 30:3 : 3 then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you. He will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you.
  • 1 Sam 14:6 : 6 Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, 'Come, let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will act on our behalf, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.'
  • 2 Kgs 4:16 : 16 Then Elisha said, "At this time next year, you will be holding a son in your arms." She replied, "No, my lord, man of God, do not deceive your servant."
  • 2 Kgs 7:1-2 : 1 Elisha said, "Listen to the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says: About this time tomorrow, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel at the gate of Samaria." 2 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning replied to the man of God, "Even if the Lord were to open the floodgates of heaven, could this happen?" Elisha answered, "You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it."
  • Job 36:5 : 5 Behold, God is mighty but does not despise anyone; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
  • Heb 11:19 : 19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death as a symbol.
  • Luke 8:50 : 50 But Jesus, hearing this, responded to him, "Do not be afraid. Just believe, and she will be saved."
  • Luke 1:18 : 18 Zechariah said to the angel, 'How can I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 18:9-13
    5 verses
    88%

    9 They asked him, 'Where is your wife Sarah?' He replied, 'There, in the tent.'

    10 Then one of them said, 'I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.' Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him.

    11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well along in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

    12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, 'After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?'

    13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, saying, “Can I really bear a child when I am old?”'

  • Gen 17:15-19
    5 verses
    82%

    15 Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

    16 I will bless her and surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will become the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.

    17 Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"

    18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"

    19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

  • 15 But Sarah denied it, saying, 'I did not laugh,' because she was afraid. But He replied, 'No, you did laugh.'

  • Gen 21:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1 The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.

    2 Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had promised him.

    3 Abraham named his son, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

  • 21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.

  • Gen 21:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

    6 Sarah said, 'God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.'

    7 And she added, 'Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.'

  • 9 For this is the word of promise: 'At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.'

  • 73%

    16 Then Elisha said, "At this time next year, you will be holding a son in your arms." She replied, "No, my lord, man of God, do not deceive your servant."

    17 But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at the appointed time the next year, just as Elisha had told her.

  • 36 Sarah, my master’s wife, bore him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could bear children again.

    18 For the LORD had completely closed every womb in Abimelech's household because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • 11 By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.

  • Rom 4:17-19
    3 verses
    71%

    17 As it is written: 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

    18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.'

    19 And without weakening in faith, he did not consider his own body, which was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—or the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

  • 2 So Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the LORD has prevented me from having children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her." And Abram listened to Sarai's voice.

  • Luke 1:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren.

    37 For nothing will be impossible with God.

  • Gen 18:17-18
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    70%

    17 Then the LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?'

    18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • 27 'Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too difficult for Me?'

  • 12 But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'

  • Gen 15:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2 Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

    3 And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir."

  • 30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.

  • 5 The servant said to him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Should I then take your son back to the land you came from?"

  • 6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, 'Quickly prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.'

  • 14 saying, 'Surely I will bless you abundantly and multiply your descendants greatly.'

  • 17 Ah, Lord GOD! You made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!