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Isaiah 66:8

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8Who has ever heard of such things?

Who has ever seenc things like this?

Can a country be born in a dayd

or a nation be brought forth in a moment?

Yet no sooner is Zion in labor

than she gives birth to her children.e

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Cross references

  1. cIsa 64:4; Jer 18:13
  2. dSee Isa 49:20
  3. eSee Isa 49:21

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Who has heard such a thing?

Who has seen such things?

Shall a land be born in one day?

Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?

For as soon as Zion was in labor

she brought forth her children.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Who has heard of such a thing?

Who has seen such things?

Can a land be born in one day

or a nation be delivered in an instant?

Yet as soon as Zion was in labor,

she gave birth to her sons.

NLTNew Living Translation

Who has ever seen anything as strange as this?

Who ever heard of such a thing?

Has a nation ever been born in a single day?

Has a country ever come forth in a mere moment?

But by the time Jerusalem’s birth pains begin,

her children will be born.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Who has heard anything like this?

Who has seen anything like these things?

Can a land be born in one day?

Or can a nation be born in a moment?

Yet when she was in labor, Zion indeed gave birth to her children.

KJV 1900King James Version

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things?

Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day?

Or shall a nation be born at once?

For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.