Genesis 18:12 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and Abraham and Sarah [are] aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah;

English ASV

And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

English Amplified

Therefore Sarah laughed to herself, saying, After I have become aged shall I have pleasure and delight, my lord (husband), being old also? [I Pet. 3:6.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Therefore Sarah laughed to herself, saying, After I have become aged shall I have pleasure and delight, my lord (husband), being old also? [I Pet. 3:6.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

So she laughed to herself: “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I have delight?”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?

English EASY 2024

So Sarah laughed to herself. She thought, ‘I have become old and weak. My husband is also old. I will never have a baby and be happy like that.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So she laughed to herself and said, "I am old, and my husband is old. I am too old to have a baby."

So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?"

English GNT (Good News Translation)

So Sarah laughed to herself and said, “Now that I am old and worn out, can I still enjoy sex? And besides, my husband is old too.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

she laughed silently to herself. "How could a worn-out woman like me have a baby?" she thought. "And when my master—my husband—is also so old?"

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

So she laughed to herself: "After I have become shriveled up and my lord is old, will I have delight?"

English KJV 1611

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

English LSB

And Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Therefore Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I am so old and my lord is old also, shall I have pleasure?”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

So Sarah laughed to herself and said, "Now that I am so withered and my husband is so old, am I still to have sexual pleasure?"

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So she laughed to herself. She thought, "I'm worn out, and my husband is old. Can I really know the joy of having a baby?"

English NIV

So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"

English NKJ 1982

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

English NLT

she laughed silently to herself. "How could a worn-out woman like me have a baby?" she thought. "And when my master--my husband--is also so old?"

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?"

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Sarah laughed to herself with disbelief, saying, “A woman my age—have a baby? After I’m worn out will I now enjoy marital bliss and conceive —and with my aged husband?”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

So Sarah laughed silently. “A woman my age have a baby?“ she scoffed to herself. “And with a husband as old as mine?“

English Tyndale 1537

And Sara laughed in her self saying: Now I am waxed old, shall I give my self to lust, and my lord old also?

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