Isaiah 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.
KJV
Numquid ego qui alios parere facio, ipse non pariam ? dicit Dominus. Si ego, qui generationem ceteris tribuo, sterilis ero ? ait Dominus Deus tuus.
Vulgate
ἐγὼ δὲ ἔδωκα τὴν προσδοκίαν ταύτην, καὶ οὐκ ἐμνήσθης μου, εἶπεν Κύριος. οὐκ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ γεννῶσαν καὶ στεῖραν ἐποίησα; εἶπεν ὁ θεός σου.
LXX
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.
ASV
הַ/אֲנִ֥י אַשְׁבִּ֛יר וְ/לֹ֥א אוֹלִ֖יד יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה אִם אֲנִ֧י הַ/מּוֹלִ֛יד וְ/עָצַ֖רְתִּי אָמַ֥ר אֱלֹהָֽיִ/ךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 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.
- Gen 18:14 — Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
- 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 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 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 40:28 — Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
- John 16:22 — And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
- Luke 1:58 — And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.