GEN 18:12 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) so when she’d heard that, she laughed to herself and said, “Now that my body’s worn out, will I have the pleasure of a child? Even my master’s too old.”

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ULT So Sarah laughed within herself and said, “After I am worn out, will I have pleasure? And my lord is old!”

UST So she laughed to herself in disbelief and said to herself, “It doesn’t seem possible that I could experience the pleasure of having a child now that I am too old to conceive. Besides that, my husband is also very old!”

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

OEB so she laughed to herself, saying, ‘After I and my husband are so old will I have pleasure?’

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

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

LSV and Sarah laughs in her heart, saying, “After I have waxed old have I had pleasure? My lord [is] also old!”

FBV Sarah was laughing inside, saying to herself, “Now that I'm old and worn out, how would I experience pleasure? My husband is old too!”

T4T So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “My body is worn out, and my husband is old. So how can I have the pleasure of having a child?” [RHQ]

LEB So[fn] Sarah laughed to herself saying, “After I am worn out and my husband is old, shallthis pleasure be to me?”

?:? Or “And”

BBE And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

MOF No MOF GEN book available

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

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

DRA And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure?

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

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

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

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

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

BB Therefore Sara laughed within her selfe, saying: Nowe I am waxed olde shal I geue my selfe to lust, and my Lorde olde also?
(Therefore Sara laughed within herself, saying: Now I am waxed old shall I give my self to lust, and my Lord old also?)

GNV Therefore Sarah laughed within her selfe, saying, After I am waxed olde, and my lord also, shall I haue lust?
(Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old, and my lord also, shall I have lust? )

CB therfore laughed she within hir self, and sayde: Now that I am olde & my lorde olde also, shal I yet geue my self to lust?
(therfore laughed she within herself, and said: Now that I am old and my lord old also, shall I yet give my self to lust?)

WYC And she leiyede, seiynge pryueli, after that Y wexede eld, and my lord is eld, schal Y yyue diligence to lust?
(And she leiyede, seiynge pryueli, after that I wexede eld, and my lord is eld, shall I give diligence to lust?)

LUT Darum lachte sie bei sich selbst und sprach: Nun ich alt bin, soll ich noch Wollust pflegen, und mein Herr auch alt ist!
(Therefore lachte they/she/them bei itself/yourself/themselves himself/itself and spoke: Nun I alt bin, should I still Wollust pflegen, and my Herr also alt ist!)

CLV Quæ risit occulte dicens: Postquam consenui, et dominus meus vetulus est, voluptati operam dabo?[fn]
(Quæ risit occulte dicens: Postquam consenui, and dominus mine vetulus it_is, voluptati operam dabo?)

18.12 Voluptati operam dabo? etc. GREG. lib. IX Moral., c. 51 Cura carnis, etc., usque ad quid mens nostra aliud quam gaudium parit?

18.12 Voluptati operam dabo? etc. GREG. lib. IX Moral., c. 51 Cura carnis, etc., usque to quid mens nostra aliud how gaudium parit?

BRN And Sarrha laughed in herself, saying, [fn]The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.

18:12 Gr. The difference turns on the word עדנה. Heb. pleasure. Gr. until now.

BrLXX Ἐγέλασε δὲ Σάῤῥα ἐν ἑαυτῇ λέγουσα, οὔπω μέν μοι γέγονεν ἕως τοῦ νῦν· ὁ δὲ κύριός μου πρεσβύτερος.
(Egelase de Saῤɽa en heautaʸ legousa, oupō men moi gegonen heōs tou nun; ho de kurios mou presbuteros. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠תִּצְחַ֥ק שָׂרָ֖ה בְּ⁠קִרְבָּ֣⁠הּ

and,laughed Sārāh in/on/at/with,self_of,her

See how you translated laughed in Gen 17:17 where Abraham also laughed to himself. Alternate translation: “So Sarah laughed to herself in disbelief”

לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר

to=say

Alternate translation: “and thought to herself,” or “and asked herself,”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אַחֲרֵ֤י בְלֹתִ⁠י֙

after worn_out,I

Alternate translation: “Since my body is now worn out,” or “Now that I am too old to conceive,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הָֽיְתָה לִּ֣⁠י עֶדְנָ֔ה

she/it_was to/for=me pleasure

Sarah uses a rhetorical question to express her strong emotion and disbelief. Consider whether or not it is best to use a rhetorical question here in your language. Alternate translation: “will I still have this pleasure?”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

וַֽ⁠אדֹנִ֖⁠י זָקֵֽן

and,lord,my old

The phrase my lord is a title of respect that Sarah uses to refer to Abraham as her husband. Also, for some languages it may be better to change the order of some of the clauses in this verse and say, “I am too old to conceive and my husband is also very/too old! How can I possibly still have/experience the pleasure of having a child?” or “It doesn’t seem possible that I could have/experience the pleasure of having a child now that I am too old to conceive. Besides that, my husband is also very/too old!” Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “Besides that, my master is also too old!”

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