Genesis 18:14
New International Version
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
Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

English Standard Version
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.”

Berean Standard Bible
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

New American Standard Bible
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.”

NASB 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.”

NASB 1977
“Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Is anything too difficult for Yahweh? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

Amplified Bible
Is anything too difficult or too wonderful for the LORD? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes, I will return to you and Sarah will have a son.”

Christian Standard Bible
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.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.”

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Is the matter greater than LORD JEHOVAH?, for at this time I shall return to you when she is living, and Sara your wife shall have a son.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At this time I will return to thee seasonably, and Sarrha shall have a son.

Contemporary English Version
I am the LORD! There is nothing too difficult for me. I'll come back next year at the time I promised, and Sarah will already 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.

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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will come back to you next year at this time, and Sarah will have a son."

Good News Translation
Is anything too hard for the LORD? As I said, nine months from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son."

International Standard Version
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."

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.'

Literal Standard Version
Is anything too wonderful for YHWH? At the appointed time I return to you, about the time of life, and Sarah has a son.”

Majority Standard Bible
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

New American Bible
Is anything too marvelous for the LORD to do? At the appointed time, about this time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.”

NET Bible
Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son."

New Revised Standard Version
Is anything too wonderful for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son.”

New Heart English Bible
Is anything too difficult for God? At the set time I will return to you, at the time of life, and Sarah will 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 around, 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.'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Sarah Laughs at the Promise
13And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’ 14Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you— in about a year and Sarah will have a son.” 15But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”…

Cross References
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 was able to do what He had promised.

Genesis 17:21
But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year."

Genesis 18:10
Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

Genesis 18:13
And the LORD asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Can I really bear a child when I am old?'

Genesis 18:15
But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, "I did not laugh." "No," replied the LORD, "but you did laugh."


Treasury of Scripture

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.

Is.

Numbers 11:23
And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

Deuteronomy 7:21
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.

1 Samuel 14:6
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.

I will.

Genesis 18:10
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

Deuteronomy 30:3
That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

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(14) Is anything too hard for the Lord?--Heb., Is anything too wonderful for Jehovah? At last it is made evident that the travellers are messengers from God; but until this declaration, there could have been, at most, only a dim feeling that the visitation was more than human. Though the angel does not claim for himself divinity, yet the narrator prefixes to his words, And Jehovah said. In some ineffable way there was an identity between Jehovah and the angel.

Verse 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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Is anything
דָּבָ֑ר (dā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

too difficult
הֲיִפָּלֵ֥א (hă·yip·pā·lê)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6381: To separate, distinguish, to be, great, difficult, wonderful

for the LORD?
מֵיְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

At the appointed time
לַמּוֹעֵ֞ד (lam·mō·w·‘êḏ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting

I will return
אָשׁ֥וּב (’ā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to you—
אֵלֶ֛יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

in about a year—
כָּעֵ֥ת (kā·‘êṯ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

and Sarah
וּלְשָׂרָ֥ה (ū·lə·śā·rāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8283: Sarah -- 'princess', a wife of Abraham

will have a son.”
בֵֽן׃ (ḇên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son


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