Isaiah 66:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ Shall I open the womb and not deliver? says the Lord; shall I, the one who delivers, shut the womb? says your God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Shall I bring to the [moment of] birth and not cause to bring forth? says the Lord. Shall I Who causes to bring forth shut the womb? says your God.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah: shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God.

Common English Bible

⁹ Will I open the womb and not bring to birth? says the LORD. Will I, who create life, close the womb? says your God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Will I, who causes others to give birth, not also give birth myself, says the Lord? Will I, who bestows generation upon others, be barren myself, says the Lord your God?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Shall not I that make others to bring forth children, myself bring forth, saith the Lord? Shall I, that give generation to others, be barren, saith the Lord thy God?

Isaiah 66:9 Cross References

Genesis 18:14

Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Isaiah 37:3

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.

Hosea 13:13

The pangs of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son, for at the proper time he does not present himself at the mouth of the womb.