Isaiah 37:3

NET ©

“This is what Hezekiah says: 1  ‘This is a day of distress, insults, 2  and humiliation, 3  as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through. 4 

NIV ©

They told him, "This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the point of birth and there is no strength to deliver them.

NASB ©

They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke and rejection; for children have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver.

NLT ©

They told him, "This is what King Hezekiah says: This is a day of trouble, insult, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver it.

MSG ©

They said to him, "Hezekiah says, 'This is a black day. We're in crisis. We're like pregnant women without even the strength to have a baby!

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.

NRSV ©

They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.

NKJV ©

And they said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.

KJV
And they said
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unto him, Thus saith
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Hezekiah
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This day
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[is] a day
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of trouble
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and of rebuke
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and of blasphemy
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for the children
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are come
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to the birth
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and [there is] not strength
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to bring forth
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{blasphemy: or, provocation}
HEBREW
hdll
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Nya
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xkw
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rbsm
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de
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Mynb
<01121>
wab
<0935>
yk
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hzh
<02088>
Mwyh
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huanw
<05007>
hxkwtw
<08433>
hru
<06869>
Mwy
<03117>
whyqzx
<02396>
rma
<0559>
hk
<03541>
wyla
<0413>
wrmayw (37:3)
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LXXM
kai
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CONJ
eipan
 
V-AAI-3P
autw
<846>  
D-DSM
tade
<3592>  
D-APN
legei
<3004>  
V-PAI-3S
ezekiav
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N-PRI
hmera
<2250>  
N-NSF
yliqewv
<2347>  
N-GSF
kai
<2532>  
CONJ
oneidismou
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N-GSM
kai
<2532>  
CONJ
elegmou
 
N-GSM
kai
<2532>  
CONJ
orghv
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N-GSF
h
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T-NSF
shmeron
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ADV
hmera
<2250>  
N-NSF
oti
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CONJ
hkei
<1854>  
V-PAI-3S
h
<3588>  
T-NSF
wdin
<5604>  
N-NSF
th
<3588>  
T-DSF
tiktoush
<5088>  
V-PAPDS
iscun
<2479>  
N-ASF
de
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PRT
ouk
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ADV
ecei
<2192>  
V-PAI-3S
tou
<3588>  
T-GSM
tekein
<5088>  
V-AAN
NET © [draft] ITL
“This is what
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Hezekiah
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says
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: ‘This is a day
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of distress
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, insults
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, and humiliation
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, as when
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a baby
<01121>
is ready to leave
<0935>
the birth
<03205>
canal
<04866>
, but the mother lacks
<0369>
the strength
<03581>
to push it through.
NET © Notes

1 tn In the Hebrew text this verse begins with “they said to him” (cf. NRSV).

2 tn Or “rebuke” (KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “correction.”

3 tn Or “contempt”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “disgrace.”

4 tn Heb “when sons come to the cervical opening and there is no strength to give birth.”