ISA 66:9 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἐγὼ δὲ ἔδωκα τὴν προσδοκίαν ταύτην, καὶ οὐκ ἐμνήσθης μου, εἶπε Κύριος· οὐκ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ γεννῶσαν καὶ στεῖραν ἐποίησα; εἶπεν ὁ Θεός σου.
(Egō de edōka taʸn prosdokian tautaʸn, kai ouk emnaʸsthaʸs mou, eipe Kurios; ouk idou egō gennōsan kai steiran epoiaʸsa; eipen ho Theos sou. )

BrTr But I have raised this expectation, yet thou hast not remembered me, saith the Lord: behold, have not I made the bearing and barren woman? saith thy God.

ULT Do I break open the womb
⇔ and not cause birth?”—said Yahweh.
⇔ “Or do I cause birth
⇔ and block it?”—said your God.

UST Women certainly do not bring infants to the time when they are ready to be born and then do not allow them to be born.
⇔ Similarly, Yahweh will do for Jerusalem what he has promised to do:
⇔ he will cause Jerusalem to be full of people again.
⇔ That will happen because Yahweh has said it.

BSB Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?”
⇔ says the LORD.
⇔ “Or will I who deliver close the womb?”
⇔ says your God.

OEB ⇔ Would I ever not help to bring forth
⇔ what I bring to the birth? says the Lord.
⇔ Or would I, having brought to the birth,
⇔ then close up the womb? says your God.

WEBBE Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to be delivered?” says the LORD.
⇔ “Shall I who cause to give birth shut the womb?” says your God.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?”
⇔ asks the Lord.
⇔ “Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?”
⇔ asks your God.

LSV Do I bring to the birth,
And not cause to bring forth?” says YHWH,
“Am I not He who is causing to beget? I have also restrained,” said your God.

FBV Would I bring a baby to the point of birth and then not deliver it? the Lord asks. Would I who deliver the baby stop it from being born? the Lord asks again.

T4T Women certainly do not [RHQ] bring infants to the time when they are ready to be born and then do not allow them to be born.
⇔ Similarly, he will do for Jerusalem [MET] what he has promised to do:
⇔ He will cause Jerusalem to be full of people again.
⇔ That will happen because Yahweh has said it.

LEB • [fn] says Yahweh, “or I who[fn] lock up the womb?” says your God.

66:5 Literally “cause to bring forth”

66:5 Literally “causes to bring forth”

BBE Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD; Shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God.

ASV 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.

DRA Shall not I that make others to bring forth children, myself bring forth, saith the Lord? shall I, that give generation to others, be barren, saith the Lord thy God?

YLT 'Do I bring to the birth, And not cause to bring forth?' saith Jehovah, 'Am not I He who is causing to beget? I have also restrained,' said thy God.

Drby Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah; I who cause to bring forth, shall I shut [the womb]? saith thy [fn]God.

66.9 Elohim

RV Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]
(Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith/says the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith/says thy/your God. )

66.9 not…: or, not beget?

KJB-1611 [fn]Shall I bring to the birth, & not cause to bring forth, saith the LORD? shall I cause to bring foorth, and shut the wombe, sayth thy God?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

66:9 Or, beget.

Bshps For thus saith the Lorde: Am I he that maketh other to beare, and beare not my selfe? Am not I he that beareth and maketh barren, saith thy God?
(For thus saith/says the Lord: Am I he that maketh other to beare, and bear not myself? Am not I he that beareth and maketh barren, saith/says thy/your God?)

Gnva Shall I cause to trauaile, and not bring forth? shall I cause to bring forth, and shall be baren, saith thy God?
(Shall I cause to trauaile, and not bring forth? shall I cause to bring forth, and shall be baren, saith/says thy/your God? )

Cvdl For thus sayeth the LORDE: Am I he that maketh other to beare, and beare not my self? Am not I he that beareth, and maketh baren? saieth thy God.
(For thus sayeth the LORD: Am I he that maketh other to beare, and bear not myself? Am not I he that beareth, and maketh baren? saith/says thy/your God.)

Wycl Whether that Y `my silf that make othere to bere child, schal not ber child? seith the Lord. Whether Y that yyue generacioun to othere men, schal be bareyn? seith thi Lord God.
(Whether that I `my self that make other to bear child, shall not ber child? saith/says the Lord. Whether I that give generation to other men, shall be bareyn? saith/says thy/your Lord God.)

Luth Sollte ich andere lassen die Mutter brechen und selbst nicht auch gebären? spricht der HErr. Sollte ich andere lassen gebären und selbst verschlossen sein? spricht dein GOtt.
(Sollte I other lassen the mother brechen and himself/itself not also gebären? says the/of_the LORD. Sollte I other lassen gebären and himself/itself verschlossen sein? says your God.)

ClVg Numquid ego qui alios parere facio, ipse non pariam? dicit Dominus. Si ego, qui generationem ceteris tribuo, sterilis ero? ait Dominus Deus tuus.[fn]
(Numquid I who alios parere facio, exactly_that/himself not/no pariam? dicit Master. When/But_if ego, who generationem ceteris tribuo, sterilis ero? he_said Master God tuus. )

66.9 Si ego. Quasi: Ego qui omnes creavi homines in nihilo, creabo mihi ex omnibus gentibus Ecclesiam unam quæ ædificatur de vivis lapidibus:

66.9 When/But_if I. Quasi: I who everyone creavi homines in nihilo, creabo to_me from to_all nations Ecclesiam unam which ædificatur about vivis lapidibus:

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