Isaiah 66:8
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
KJV
Quis audivit umquam tale ? et quis vidit huic simile ? numquid parturiet terra in die una, aut parietur gens simul, quia parturivit et peperit Sion filios suos ?
Vulgate
τίς ἤκουσεν τοιοῦτο, καὶ τίς ἑόρακεν οὕτως; εἰ ὤδινεν γῆ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ, ἢ καὶ ἐτέχθη ἔθνος εἰς ἅπαξ; ὅτι ὤδινεν καὶ ἔτεκεν Σειὼν τὰ παιδία αὐτῆς.
LXX
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
ASV
מִֽי שָׁמַ֣ע כָּ/זֹ֗את מִ֤י רָאָה֙ כָּ/אֵ֔לֶּה הֲ/י֤וּחַל אֶ֨רֶץ֙ בְּ/י֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד אִם יִוָּ֥לֵֽד גּ֖וֹי פַּ֣עַם אֶחָ֑ת כִּֽי חָ֛לָה גַּם יָלְדָ֥ה צִיּ֖וֹן אֶת בָּנֶֽי/הָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. But that no one may suppose that his doctrine is new and strange, as if it were framed by a man of recent origin, differing in no respect from other men, let us now briefly consider this point also. 2. It is admitted that when in recent times the appearance of our Saviour Jesus Christ had become known to all men there immediately made its appearance a new nation; a nation co…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 2:9 — But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
- Deut 33:26 — There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- Gen 21:7 — And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
- Isa 49:20 — The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
- Isa 60:22 — A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
- Isa 64:4 — For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
- Jer 18:13 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
- Rom 11:12 — Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?