Parallel ISA 26:18

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BSB We were with child; we writhed in pain;
⇔ but we gave birth to wind.
 ⇔ We have given no salvation to the earth,
⇔ nor brought any life into the world.

OEB For we, too, writhed in pangs,
⇔ but we brought forth nothing but wind.
 ⇔ We achieved for the land no deliverance;
⇔ the denizens of the world
⇔ fell not (in battle) before us.

WEB We have been with child.
⇔ We have been in pain.
 ⇔ We gave birth, it seems, only to wind.
⇔ We have not worked any deliverance in the earth;
⇔ neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

NET We were pregnant, we strained,
 ⇔ we gave birth, as it were, to wind.
 ⇔ We cannot produce deliverance on the earth;
 ⇔ people to populate the world are not born.

LSV We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth, as it were, wind,
We do not work salvation in the earth,
Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.

FBV However, even though we became pregnant and we tossed about in pain, we gave birth to nothing but air. We did not bring about the salvation of the earth, and the people of the world have not become alive.[fn]

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T4T We had severe pain,
⇔ but nothing good resulted [MET] from it.
 ⇔ We have not rescued our people from being conquered by our enemies,
⇔ and we have not given birth to children who will rule the world correctly (OR, not defeated the armies that have attacked other nations.

LEB  • we gave birth to wind. •  We cannot bring about deliverance on the earth, •  and no inhabitants of the world are born.

BBE We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have given birth to wind; no salvation has come to the earth through us, and no children have come into the world.

MOF No MOF ISA book available

JPS 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 land; neither are the inhabitants of the world come to life.

ASV 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.

DRA We have conceived, and been as it were in labour, and have brought forth wind: we have not wrought salvation on the earth, therefore the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen.

YLT We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth as it were wind, Salvation we do not work in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.

DBY We have been with child, we have been in travail, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought the deliverance of the land, neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

RV 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.

WBS We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance on the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

KJB 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.
  (We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought/done any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. )

BB We haue ben with chylde and suffred paine, as though we had brought forth winde: for there is no saluation in the earth, neither do the inhabiters of the worlde submit them selues.
  (We have been with chylde and suffered paine, as though we had brought forth winde: for there is no saluation in the earth, neither do the inhabiters of the world submit themselves.)

GNV We haue coceiued, we haue borne in paine, as though we should haue brought forth winde: there was no helpe in the earth, neither did the inhabitants of the world fall.
  (We have coceiued, we have born in paine, as though we should have brought forth winde: there was no help in the earth, neither did the inhabitants of the world fall. )

CB We are with childe, we trauayle, & beare, & with the sprete we bringe forth health, wherethorow the earth is vndestroyed, and the inhabitours of the worlde perish not.
  (We are with child, we trauayle, and beare, and with the spirit we bring forth health, wherethrough the earth is undestroyed, and the inhabitours of the world perish not.)

WYC We han conseyued, and we han as trauelid of child, and we han childid the spirit of helthe; we diden not riytfulnesse in erthe. Therfor the dwelleris of erthe fellen not doun; thi deed men schulen lyue,
  (We have conseyued, and we have as travelled of child, and we have childid the spirit of helthe; we diden not riytfulnesse in earth. Therefore the dwelleris of earth fellen not down; thy/your dead men should live,)

LUT Da sind wir auch schwanger und ist uns bange, daß wir kaum Odem holen; noch können wir dem Lande nicht helfen, und die Einwohner auf dem Erdboden wollen nicht fallen.
  (So are wir also schwanger and is uns bange, that wir kaum Odem holen; still können wir to_him land not helfen, and the Einwohner on to_him Erdboden wollen not fallen.)

CLV Concepimus, et quasi parturivimus, et peperimus spiritum. Salutes non fecimus in terra; ideo non ceciderunt habitatores terræ.[fn]
  (Concepimus, and as_if parturivimus, and peperimus spiritum. Salutes not/no fecimus in terra; ideo not/no ceciderunt habitatores terræ.)

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BRN We have conceived, O Lord, because of thy fear, and have been in pain, and have brought forth the breath of thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth: we shall not fall, but all that dwell upon the land shall fall.

BrLXX Διὰ τὸν φόβον σου Κύριε ἐν γαστρὶ ἐλάβομεν, καὶ ὠδινήσαμεν, καὶ ἐτέκομεν πνεῦμα σωτηρίας σου, ὃ ἐποιήσαμεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· οὐ πεσούμεθα, ἀλλὰ πεσοῦνται πάντες οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
  (Dia ton fobon sou Kurie en gastri elabomen, kai ōdinaʸsamen, kai etekomen pneuma sōtaʸrias sou, ho epoiaʸsamen epi taʸs gaʸs; ou pesoumetha, alla pesountai pantes hoi enoikountes epi taʸs gaʸs. )