Isaiah 45:10

Danger awaits one who says ¹  to his father, “What in the world ²  are you fathering?” and to his mother, “What in the world are you bringing forth?” ³ 

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought to birth?’

"Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to a woman, ‘To what are you giving birth?’"

How terrible it would be if a newborn baby said to its father and mother, ‘Why was I born? Why did you make me this way?’"

Would a sperm say to a father, 'Who gave you permission to use me to make a baby?' Or a fetus to a mother, 'Why have you cooped me up in this belly?'"

Cursed is he who says to a father, To what are you giving life? or to a woman, What are you in birth-pains with?

Woe to anyone who says to a father, "What are you begetting?" or to a woman, "With what are you in labor?"

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’"

Danger awaits one who says ¹  to his father, “What in the world ²  are you fathering?” and to his mother, “What in the world are you bringing forth?” ³ 

¹ tn Heb “Woe [to] one who says” (NASB and NIV both similar); NCV “How terrible it will be.”

² tn See the note at v. 9. This phrase occurs a second time later in this verse.

³ sn Verses 9-10 may allude to the exiles’ criticism that the Lord does not appear to know what he is doing.