Luke 1:34

NETBible

Mary 1  said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with 2  a man?”

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?"

NLT ©

Mary asked the angel, "But how can I have a baby? I am a virgin."

MSG ©

Mary said to the angel, "But how? I've never slept with a man."

BBE ©

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

NRSV ©

Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?"

NKJV ©

Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I do not know a man?"

KJV
Then
<1161>
said
<2036> (5627)
Mary
<3137>
unto
<4314>
the angel
<32>_,
How
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shall
<2071> (0)
this
<5124>
be
<2071> (5704)_,
seeing
<1893>
I know
<1097> (5719)
not
<3756>
a man
<435>_?
NASB ©
Mary
<3137>
said
<3004>
to the angel
<32>
, "How
<4459>
can this
<3778>
be, since
<1893>
I am a virgin
<435>
<3756>
<1097>
?"
NET [draft] ITL
Mary
<3137>
said
<2036>
to
<4314>
the angel
<32>
, “How
<4459>
will
<1510>
this
<5124>
be
<1510>
, since
<1893>
I have
<1097>
not
<3756>
had
<1097>
sexual relations with a man
<435>
?”
GREEK
eipen
<2036> (5627)
V-2AAI-3S
de
<1161>
CONJ
mariam
<3137>
N-PRI
prov
<4314>
PREP
ton
<3588>
T-ASM
aggelon
<32>
N-ASM
pwv
<4459>
ADV-I
estai
<1510> (5704)
V-FXI-3S
touto
<5124>
D-NSN
epei
<1893>
CONJ
andra
<435>
N-ASM
ou
<3756>
PRT-N
ginwskw
<1097> (5719)
V-PAI-1S
NETBible

Mary 1  said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with 2  a man?”

NET Notes

1 tn Grk “And Mary.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

2 tn Grk “have not known.” The expression in the Greek text is a euphemism for sexual relations. Mary seems to have sensed that the declaration had an element of immediacy to it that excluded Joseph. Many modern translations render this phrase “since I am a virgin,” but the Greek word for virgin is not used in the text, and the euphemistic expression is really more explicit, referring specifically to sexual relations.