Isaiah 66:9

A Conservative Version

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says LORD. Shall I who cause to bring forth shut [the womb]? says thy God.

Cross References

Isaiah 37:3

And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy, for the sons have come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

Genesis 18:14

Is anything too hard for LORD? At the set time I will return to thee, when the season comes round, and Sarah shall have a son.

Hosea 13:13

The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him. He is an unwise son, for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of sons.