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Isaiah 42:14

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14I have long time holden my peace;

I have been still, and irefrained myself:

Now will I cry klike a travailing woman;

I will destroy and †devour at once.

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Footnotes

  1. iSee Gen. 45:1.
  2. kch. 13:8. See Jer. 6:24.
  3. †Heb. swallow, or, sup up. See Job 7:2 marg. Eccles. 1:5 marg.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For a long time I have held my peace;

I have kept still and restrained myself;

now I will cry out like a woman in labor;

I will gasp and pant.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“For a long time I have kept silent,

I have been quiet and held myself back.

But now, like a woman in childbirth,

I cry out, I gasp and pant.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I have kept silent from ages past;

I have been quiet and restrained myself.

But now, I will groan like a woman in labor,

gasping breathlessly.

NLTNew Living Translation

He will say, “I have long been silent;

yes, I have restrained myself.

But now, like a woman in labor,

I will cry and groan and pant.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have been silent for a long time;

I have kept silent;

I have restrained myself like one giving birth;

I will moan, pant, and gasp together.