Galatians 4:27

For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; ¹  break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.” ² 

Ru 1:11-13; Ru 4:14-16; 1Sa 2:5; 2Sa 13:20; Ps 113:9; Isa 49:21; Isa 54:1-5; 1Ti 5:5

¹ tn The direct object “children” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied for clarity. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

² tn Grk “because more are the children of the barren one than of the one having a husband.”

sn A quotation from Isa 54:1.