LUKE 1:34 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki: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 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?”

AICNT And Mary said to the angel, “[How can this be, since][fn] I do not know a man?”[fn]

1:34, How can this be, since: Absent from Latin(b).

1:34, know a man: That is sexually.

OEB ‘How can this be?’ Mary asked the angel. ‘For I have no husband.’

WEBBE Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”

WMBB 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 [fn]be, since I am a virgin?”

1:34 be ¦ happen to me ANT

T4T Then Mary said to the angel, “I am a virgin, so how can I have a baby?”

LEB No LEB LUKE book available

BBE And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

Moff No Moff LUKE book available

Wymth "How can this be," Mary replied, "seeing that I have no husband?"

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?'

Drby 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?

SLT And Mary said to the messenger, How shall this be, since I know not man?

Wbstr Then said Mary to the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

KJB-1769 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

KJB-1611 Then said Marie vnto the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
(Then said Mary/Maria unto the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?)

Bshps No Bshps LUKE book available

Gnva 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? )

Cvdl No Cvdl LUKE book available

TNT Then sayd Mary vnto the angell: How shall this be seinge I knowe not a man?
(Then said Mary unto the angel: How shall this be seeing I know not a man? )

Wycl No Wycl LUKE book available

Luth No Luth LUKE book available

ClVg Dixit autem Maria ad angelum: Quomodo fiet istud, quoniam virum non cognosco?
(He_said however Maria to a_messenger/angel: How/In_what_manner will_be_done this, since/because husband 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;)

RP-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 [fn]ἔσται τοῦτο, ἐπεὶ ἄνδρα οὐ [fn]γινώσκω;
(Eipe de Mariam pros ton angelon, Pōs estai touto, epei andra ou ginōskō; )

1:34 εσται ¦ εσται μοι ANT

1:34 γινωσκω ¦ γεινωσκω TH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

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](../01/18.md) 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]

Parallel LUKE 1:34