11 translations · Hebrew
Genesis 18:14
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.”
Genesis 18:14 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.”
- KJV King James 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Is anything too wonderful for YHWH? At the appointed time I return to you, about the time of life, and Sarah has a son.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Is anything too difficult for the Lord to do? I will come back next year when I said I would, in the spring, and Sarah will have a son.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 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.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Is [any] matter too wonderful for Jehovah? At the time appointed I will return to thee, at [this] time of the year, and Sarah shall have a son.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return to thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will have a son.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Is there any thing hard to God? According to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| הֲיִפָּלֵ֥א | hă·yip·pā·lê | too difficult | H6381 פָּלָא to wonder |
| מֵיְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | for the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| דָּבָ֑ר | dā·ḇār | Is anything | H1697 דָּבָר word |
| לַמּוֹעֵ֞ד | lam·mō·w·‘êḏ | At the appointed time | H4150 מוֹעֵד meeting: time appointed |
| אָשׁ֥וּב | ’ā·šūḇ | I will return | H7725 שׁוּב to return: return |
| אֵלֶ֛יךָ | ’ê·le·ḵā | to you | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| כָּעֵ֥ת | kā·‘êṯ | in about a year | H6256 עֵת time |
| חַיָּ֖ה | ḥay·yāh | — | H2416 חַי alive |
| וּלְשָׂרָ֥ה | ū·lə·śā·rāh | and Sarah | H8283 שָׂרָה Sarah |
| בֵֽן׃ | ḇên | will have a son | H1121 בֵּן son: child |
Related verses
- Luke 1:37
For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”
- Matthew 19:26
Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Mark 10:27
Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”
- Jeremiah 32:27
“Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?
- Ephesians 3:20
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
- Job 42:2
“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
- Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
- Jeremiah 32:17
“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you,
- Romans 4:21
and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
- Numbers 11:23
Yahweh said to Moses, “Has Yahweh’s hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?’
14 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.”
15 Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
Read all of Genesis 18 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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