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2 Kings 19:3

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

KJV

Qui dixerunt : Hæc dicit Ezechias : Dies tribulationis, et increpationis, et blasphemiæ dies iste : venerunt filii usque ad partum, et vires non habet parturiens.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν Τάδε λέγει Ἑζεκίας Ἡμέρα θλίψεως καὶ ἐλεγμοῦ καὶ παροργισμοῦ ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη, ὅτι ἦλθον υἱοὶ ἕως ὠδίνων, καὶ ἰσχὺς οὐκ ἔστιν τῇ τικτούσῃ.

LXX

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

ASV

וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗י/ו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ יוֹם צָרָ֧ה וְ/תוֹכֵחָ֛ה וּ/נְאָצָ֖ה הַ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/זֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י בָ֤אוּ בָנִים֙ עַד מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר וְ/כֹ֥חַ אַ֖יִן לְ/לֵדָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Hezekiah

In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
וֹ
v
noun · 127×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ
chzqyhv
proper_noun · 130×
י
y
noun · 28×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר
mshbr
noun · 3×
נְאָצָ֖ה
n'tsh
noun · 5×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
צָרָֽה
tsrh
noun · 72×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Heb 3:15 — While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
  • Hos 13:13 — The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
  • Hos 13:13 — The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
  • Isa 26:17 — Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
  • Isa 26:18 — We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
  • Isa 37:3 — And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
  • Isa 66:9 — 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.
  • Jer 30:5 — For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
  • Ps 77:2 — In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.