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2 Kings 19:3

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19:3“This is what Hezekiah says:2 ‘This is a day of distress, insults,3 and humiliation,4 as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.5

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Footnotes

  1. 2 In the Hebrew text this verse begins with “they said to him.”
  2. 3 Or “rebuke,” “correction.”
  3. 4 Or “contempt.”
  4. 5 Heb “when sons come to the cervical opening and there is no strength to give birth.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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 moment of birth and there is no strength to deliver them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘A day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace is this day, for the children are about to be born, but there is no strength to bear them.

KJV 1900King James Version

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.