InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 2 Ki C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25
2 Ki 19 V1 V2 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35 V36 V37
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Hezekiah (KI2 16:20)
OET-LV And_they_said to_him/it thus Ḩizqiyyāh he_says is_a_day_of distress and_rebuke and_insult the_day the_this if/because children they_have_come to the_mouth_of_the_womb and_strength there_is_not for_giving_birth.
OET (OET-RV) to tell him, “Hizkiyah says: ‘Today is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as if the baby is right there ready to be delivered, but the mother has lost all her strength.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ יוֹם־צָרָ֧ה וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה וּנְאָצָ֖ה הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י בָ֤אוּ בָנִים֙ עַד־מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר וְכֹ֥חַ אַ֖יִן לְלֵדָֽה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it thus he/it_had_said Ḩizqiyyāh day distress and,rebuke and,insult the=day the=this that/for/because/then/when come children until birth and,strength not for,giving_birth )
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [Hezekiah says that this day is a day of trouble and chastisement and reproach, for sons have come to the birth canal, but there is no strength to give birth]
Note 2 topic: writing-proverbs
בָ֤אוּ בָנִים֙ עַד־מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר וְכֹ֥חַ אַ֖יִן לְלֵדָֽה
come children until (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it thus he/it_had_said Ḩizqiyyāh day distress and,rebuke and,insult the=day the=this that/for/because/then/when come children until birth and,strength not for,giving_birth )
Hezekiah is using or inventing a proverb in order to illustrate that the Judeans are in a life-and-death situation, but they do not have the resources to rescue themselves from it. Translate this proverb in a way that will be recognized as a proverb and be meaningful in your language and culture.
OET-LV And_they_said to_him/it thus Ḩizqiyyāh he_says is_a_day_of distress and_rebuke and_insult the_day the_this if/because children they_have_come to the_mouth_of_the_womb and_strength there_is_not for_giving_birth.
OET (OET-RV) to tell him, “Hizkiyah says: ‘Today is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as if the baby is right there ready to be delivered, but the mother has lost all her strength.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.