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Isaiah 66:9

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9Shall I myself break open and not deliver?”j says Yahweh,

“or I who deliversk lock up the womb?” says your God.

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Footnotes

  1. jLiterally “cause to bring forth”
  2. kLiterally “causes to bring forth”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?”

says the Lord;

“shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?”

says your God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do I bring to the moment of birth

and not give delivery?” says the Lord.

“Do I close up the womb

when I bring to delivery?” says your God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Will I bring a baby to the point of birth

and not deliver it?”

says the Lord;

“or will I who deliver, close the womb?”

says your God.

NLTNew Living Translation

Would I ever bring this nation to the point of birth

and then not deliver it?” asks the Lord.

“No! I would never keep this nation from being born,”

says your God.

KJV 1900King James Version

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord:

Shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.