Isaiah 26:17
Isaiah 26:16-18 The Message (MSG)
O GOD, they begged you for help when they were in trouble, when your discipline was so heavy they could barely whisper a prayer. Like a woman having a baby, writhing in distress, screaming her pain as the baby is being born, That’s how we were because of you, O GOD. We were pregnant full-term. We writhed in labor but bore no baby. We gave birth to wind. Nothing came of our labor. We produced nothing living. We couldn’t save the world.
Isaiah 26:17 King James Version (KJV)
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
Isaiah 26:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth, She writhes and cries out in her labor pains, Thus were we before You, O LORD.
Isaiah 26:17 New Century Version (NCV)
LORD, when we are with you, we are like a woman giving birth to a baby; she cries and has pain from the birth.
Isaiah 26:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee, O Jehovah.
Isaiah 26:17 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, LORD.
Isaiah 26:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD.
Isaiah 26:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
As a woman with child approaches the time to give birth, She is in pain and struggles and cries out in her labor, So we were before You, O LORD.
Isaiah 26:17 New Living Translation (NLT)
Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth, so were we in your presence, LORD.