Verse List for ISA 37:3

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OET (OET-RV) and they told him, “King Hizkiyah says that today is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, like when children go to their mother who’s about to deliver her baby but she doesn’t have the strength to give birth.

OET-LV And_they _said to_him/it thus Ḩizqiy^yāh 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.

ULT And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘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.

UST The men told Isaiah, “King Hezekiah says that we are now in great trouble. Yahweh seems to be punishing us for our sins. Foreigners are insulting us because we do not seem to have a God who can help us. Our lives are in danger, like the lives of the mother and child when it is time for a woman to give birth but she does not have the strength to push her baby out.

BSB & MSB to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

OEB No OEB ISA book available

WEBBE & WMBB They said to him, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to give birth.

NET “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.

LSV and they say to him, “Thus said Hezekiah: A day of distress, and rebuke, and despising, [is] this day; for sons have come to the birth, and there is not power to bear.

FBV They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble and of punishment. It's like when babies arrive at the entrance to the birth canal but there's no strength to deliver them.

T4T He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.

LEB And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the cervical opening, and there is no strength to give birth.

BBE And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS 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 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.

DRA And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

YLT and they say unto him, 'Thus said Hezekiah, A day of distress, and rebuke, and despising, [is] this day; for come have sons unto the birth, and power there is not to bear.

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

RV 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.
(And they said unto him, Thus saith/says 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.)

SLT And they will say to him, Thus said Hezekiah, A day of straits and chastisement and reproach, this day; for the sons came even to the breaking forth and not strength to bring forth.

Wbstr And they said to 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]
(And they said unto him, Thus saith/says 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.)

KJB-1611 [fn]And they sayd vnto him; Thus sayth Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemie: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring foorth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps And they sayde vnto hym, Thus saith Hezekia: This is the day of trouble, of plague, and of blasphemie: for the children are come to the place of birth, but there is no power to bryng them foorth.
(And they said unto him, Thus saith/says Hezekia: This is the day of trouble, of plague, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the place of birth, but there is no power to bring them forth.)

Gnva And they sayd vnto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke and blasphemie: for the children are come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring foorth.
(And they said unto him, Thus saith/says Hezekiah, This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.)

Cvdl & they sayde vnto him: Thus saieth Ezechias: this is the daye of trouble, of plage & of wrath: like as when a childe cometh to the byrth, but the woman hath no power to bringe it forth.
(and they said unto him: Thus saith/says Ezechias: this is the day of trouble, of plague and of wrath: like as when a child cometh/comes to the birth, but the woman hath/has no power to bring it forth.)

Wycl And thei seiden to hym, Ezechie seith these thingis, A dai of tribulacioun, and of angwisch, and of chastisyng, and of blasfemye is this dai; for children camen `til to childberyng, and vertu of childberyng is not.
(And they said to him, Ezechie saith/says these things, A day of tribulation, and of anguish, and of chastising, and of blasphemy is this day; for children came till to childbearing, and virtue of childbearing is not.)

Luth daß sie zu ihm sprächen: So spricht Hiskia: Das ist ein Tag des Trübsals, Scheltens und Lästerns, und gehet gleich, als wenn die Kinder bis an die Geburt kommen sind, und ist keine Kraft da zu gebären.
(that they/she/them to/for him spoken: So speaks/says Hiskia: The is a day the sorrow/affliction, scolding(n)s and Lästerns, and goes even, as when the children until at/to the birth coming are, and is no strength/power there to/for give_birth.)

ClVg et dixerunt ad eum: Hæc dicit Ezechias: Dies tribulationis, et correptionis, et blasphemiæ, dies hæc; quia venerunt filii usque ad partum, et virtus non est pariendi.
(and they_said to him: This he_says Ezechias: The_day tribulation, and correptionis, and blasphemies, days these_things; because they_came children until to birth, and virtue not/no it_is pariendi.)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗י⁠ו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ יוֹם־צָרָ֧ה וְ⁠תוֹכֵחָ֛ה וּ⁠נְאָצָ֖ה הַ⁠יּ֣וֹם הַ⁠זֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י בָ֤אוּ בָנִים֙ עַד־מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר וְ⁠כֹ֥חַ אַ֖יִן לְ⁠לֵדָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ, τάδε λέγει Ἐζεκίας, ἡμέρα, θλίψεως καὶ ὀνειδισμοῦ καὶ ἐλεγμοῦ καὶ ὀργῆς ἡ σήμερον ἡμέρα, ὅτι ἥκει ἡ ὠδὶν τῇ τικτούσῃ, ἰσχὺν δὲ οὐκ ἔχει τοῦ τεκεῖν.

BrTr To-day is a day of affliction, and reproach, and rebuke, and anger: for the pangs are come upon the travailing woman, but she has not strength to bring forth.