34"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"


In Context

31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.

32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."

34 "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"

35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month.

Luke 1:34 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:34Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:34And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:34And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:34But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:34And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:34Then said Mary to the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:34Mary said to the angel, |How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:34And Mary said unto the messenger, 'How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:34Then said Mary to the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?