Galatians 4:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ For it is written, “Rejoice, you childless one, you who bear no children, burst into song and shout, you who endure no birth pangs, for the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than the children of the one who is married.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ For it is written in the Scriptures, Rejoice, O barren woman, who has not given birth to children; break forth into a joyful shout, you who are not feeling birth pangs, for the desolate woman has many more children than she who has a husband. [Isa. 54:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.

Common English Bible

²⁷ It’s written: “Rejoice, barren woman, you who have not given birth”. “Break out with a shout, you who have not suffered labor pains; ” “because the woman who has been deserted will have many more children ” “than the woman who has a husband”.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ For it was written: "Rejoice, O barren one, though you do not conceive. Burst forth and cry out, though you do not give birth. For many are the children of the desolate, even more than of her who has a husband."

Galatians 4:27 Cross References

Psalm 113:9

He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry are fat with spoil. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.

1 Timothy 5:5

The real widow, left alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say in your heart, “Who has borne me these? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and put away— so who has reared these? I was left all alone— where, then, have these come from?”

2 Samuel 13:20

Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother; do not take this to heart.” So Tamar remained, a desolate woman, in her brother Absalom’s house.

Galatians 4:19

My little children, for whom I am again in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,