Isaiah 26:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Isaiah 26:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 26:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 26:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Just as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before you, Yahweh.”
Isaiah 26:17 — World English Bible
Isaiah 26:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee, O Jehovah. ”
Isaiah 26:17 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 26:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained--she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.”
Isaiah 26:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 26:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“As a woman with child, that draweth near her delivery, is in travail, [and] crieth out in her pangs; so have we been before thee, Jehovah. ”
Isaiah 26:17 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 26:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Like as a woman with childe, that draweth neere to the trauaile, is in sorow, and cryeth in her paines, so haue we bene in thy sight, O Lord.”
Isaiah 26:17 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 26:17 in Context — Isaiah 26
15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
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.
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.
19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
What Does Isaiah 26:17 Mean?
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