New International Version (©2011)
Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son."New Living Translation (©2007)
Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son." English Standard Version (©2001)
Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.” New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son." King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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. Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Is anything impossible for the LORD? At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son." International Standard Version (©2012)
Is anything impossible for the LORD? At the time set for it, I will return to you—about a year from now—and Sarah will have a son." NET Bible (©2006)
Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son." GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will come back to you next year at this time, and Sarah will have a son." King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. American King James Version
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 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. Douay-Rheims Bible
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. Darby Bible 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. English Revised Version
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son. Webster's Bible Translation
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. 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." 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.' | | Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 18:9-15 Where is Sarah thy wife? was asked. Note the answer, In the tent. Just at hand, in her proper place, occupied in her household concerns. There is nothing got by gadding. Those are most likely to receive comfort from God and his promises, who are in their proper place, and in the way of their duty, Lu 2:8. We are slow of heart to believe, and need line upon line to the same purport. The blessings others have from common providence, believers have from the Divine promise, which makes them very sweet, and very sure. The spiritual seed of Abraham owe their life, and joy, and hope, and all, to the promise. Sarah thinks this too good news to be true; she laughed, and therefore cannot as yet find in her heart to believe it. Sarah laughed. We might not have thought there was a difference between Sarah's laughter and Abraham's, ch. 17:17; but He who searches the heart, saw that the one sprung from unbelief, and the other from faith. She denied that she had laughed. One sin commonly brings in another, and it is not likely we shall strictly keep to truth, when we question the Divine truth. But whom the Lord loves he will rebuke, convict, silence, and bring to repentance, and if they sin before him.
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - Is any thing too hard for the Lord? Literally, Is any word too wonderful, i.e. impossible, for Jehovah μὴ ἀδυνατήσει παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ῤῆμα (LXX.), with which may be compared Luke 1:37. At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life (vide supra, Ver. 10), and Sarah shall have a son.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIs anything too hard for the Lord?.... Whose power is infinite; or "too wonderful" (x), so wonderful and beyond all belief, that it can never be thought it will be done by him; and why then should it be thought incredible or impossible that Sarah should have a child, though she is old? Or, is "anything hidden from the Lord" (y)? Nothing can be, not Sarah's laughter. At the time appointed will I return to thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son; which words are repeated not merely for the confirmation of Abraham's faith, which staggered not, but to remove Sarah's unbelief, and to encourage her faith in the divine promise. (x) "nunquid mirabile vel mirificabitur", Munster, Piscator, Schmidt. (y) "Nunquid abscondetur", Pagninus, Cartwright; "an potest occultari", Junius & Tremellius, Fagius; so the Targum of Jonathan and Aben Ezra.
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Sarah Laughs at the Promise
…13And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? 14Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 15Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but you did laugh.
Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Luke 1:37 For no word from God will ever fail."
Romans 4:21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
Genesis 17:21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year."
Genesis 18:10 Then one of them said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
Genesis 18:13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?'
Genesis 18:15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I did not laugh." But he said, "Yes, you did laugh."
Genesis 21:1 Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised.
Genesis 21:2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.
2 Kings 4:16 "About this time next year," Elisha said, "you will hold a son in your arms." "No, my lord!" she objected. "Please, man of God, don't mislead your servant!"
Job 42:2 "I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
Isaiah 50:2 When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to deliver you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you? By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
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