They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
Isaiah 66:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “Before she was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she was delivered of a son. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Before [Zion] travailed, she gave birth; before her pain came upon her, she was delivered of a male child. American Standard Version (1901) Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child. Common English Bible Before she was in labor, she gave birth. Before her pangs came upon her, she delivered a boy. Catholic Public Domain Version Before she was in labor, she gave birth. Before her time arrived for delivery, she gave birth to a male child. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Before she was in labour, she brought forth; before her time came to be delivered she brought forth a man child. |
They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in travail! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her that is married, says the Lord.
When a woman is in travail she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child is born into the world.