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Isaiah 26:18

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18We were with child, we writhed in labor,

but we gave birthz to wind.

We have not brought salvationa to the earth,

and the people of the world have not come to life.b

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Cross references

  1. zIsa 33:11; 59:4
  2. aSee Ge 49:10; Ps 17:14
  3. bIsa 42:6; 49:6; 51:4; Jer 12:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

we were pregnant, we writhed,

but we have given birth to wind.

We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,

and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

We became pregnant, we writhed in pain;

we gave birth to wind.

We have won no victories on earth,

and the earth’s inhabitants have not fallen.

NLTNew Living Translation

We, too, writhe in agony,

but nothing comes of our suffering.

We have not given salvation to the earth,

nor brought life into the world.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

We became pregnant, we writhed;

we gave birth to wind.

We cannot bring about deliverance on the earth,

and no inhabitants of the world are born.

KJV 1900King James Version

We have been with child, we have been in pain,

We have as it were brought forth wind;

We have not wrought any deliverance in the earth;

Neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.