Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
Parallel translations
- KJV Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
- BSB And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
- NKJV Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
- NASB And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
- NLT So Michal, the daughter of Saul, remained childless throughout her entire life.
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Cross-references · 7
- Matt 1:25and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
- Isa 4:1Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.”
- Hos 9:11As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, no one with child, and no conception.
- 1 Sam 15:35Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.
- Luke 1:25“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”
- Isa 22:14Yahweh of Armies revealed himself in my ears, “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
- 1 Sam 1:6–8Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.
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