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OET (OET-RV) “How would this work,” Maria asked the messenger, “because I’ve never slept with a guy?”
OET-LV And said Maria to the messenger:
How will_ this _be, because I_am_ not _knowing a_man?
SR-GNT Εἶπεν δὲ Μαριὰμ πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον, “Πῶς ἔσται τοῦτο, ἐπεὶ ἄνδρα οὐ γινώσκω;” ‡
(Eipen de Mariam pros ton angelon, “Pōs estai touto, epei andra ou ginōskō?”)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT But Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not known a man?”
UST Then Mary said to the angel, “But I am a virgin. So how can this happen?”
BSB § “How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
BLB And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I do not know a man?"
AICNT And Mary said to the angel, “[How can this be, since] I do not know a man?”
OEB ‘How can this be?’ Mary asked the angel. ‘For I have no husband.’
WEB Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”
WMB Miriam said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”
NET Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?”
LSV And Mary said to the messenger, “How will this be, seeing I do not know a husband?”
FBV “How is this possible?” Mary asked. “I'm still a virgin.”
TCNT Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
T4T Then Mary said to the angel, “I am a virgin, so how can I have a baby?”
LEB And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?”
BBE And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?
MOF No MOF LUKE book available
ASV And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
DRA And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?
YLT And Mary said unto the messenger, 'How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'
DBY But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?
RV And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
WBS And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
KJB Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
BB Then said Marie vnto ye Angel: How shall this be, seing I knowe not a man?
(Then said Mary/Maria unto ye/you_all Angel: How shall this be, seing I know not a man?)
GNV Then sayde Marie vnto the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I knowe not man?
(Then said Mary/Maria unto the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not man?)
CB Then sayde Mary vnto the angell: How shal this be, seinge I knowe not a ma?
(Then said Mary unto the angell: How shall this be, seeing I know not a ma?)
TNT Then sayd Mary vnto the angell: How shall this be seinge I knowe not a man?
(Then said Mary unto the angell: How shall this be seeing I know not a man?)
WYC And Marie seide to the aungel, On what maner schal this thing be doon, for Y knowe not man?
(And Mary/Maria said to the angel, On what manner shall this thing be doon, for I know not man?)
LUT Da sprach Maria zu dem Engel: Wie soll das zugehen, sintemal ich von keinem Manne weiß?
(So spoke Maria to to_him angel: How should the zugehen, sintemal I from keinem man weiß?)
CLV Dixit autem Maria ad angelum: Quomodo fiet istud, quoniam virum non cognosco?
(Dixit however Maria to a_messenger/angel: Quomodo fiet istud, quoniam virum not/no cognosco?)
UGNT εἶπεν δὲ Μαριὰμ πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον, πῶς ἔσται τοῦτο, ἐπεὶ ἄνδρα οὐ γινώσκω?
(eipen de Mariam pros ton angelon, pōs estai touto, epei andra ou ginōskō?)
SBL-GNT εἶπεν δὲ Μαριὰμ πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον· Πῶς ἔσται τοῦτο, ἐπεὶ ἄνδρα οὐ γινώσκω;
(eipen de Mariam pros ton angelon; Pōs estai touto, epei andra ou ginōskō?)
TC-GNT Εἶπε δὲ Μαριὰμ πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον, Πῶς ἔσται τοῦτο, ἐπεὶ ἄνδρα οὐ γινώσκω;
(Eipe de Mariam pros ton angelon, Pōs estai touto, epei andra ou ginōskō?)
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
πῶς ἔσται τοῦτο
how will_be this
The implication is that even though Mary did not understand how this could happen, she did not doubt that it would happen. This is clear from the way that Gabriel responds positively and encouragingly to her, by contrast to the way he rebuked Zechariah in 1:18 for his similar-sounding question. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this explicitly. Alternate translation: “I believe you, though I do not understand how this could happen”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
ἄνδρα οὐ γινώσκω
/a/_man not ˱I˲_/am/_knowing
Mary uses a polite expression to say that she had not engaged in sexual activity. Alternate translation: “I have never had sexual relations with a man”