Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy!
New American Standard Bible
Before her pain came,
King James Version
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Holman Bible
before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
International Standard Version
"Before she goes into labor she gives birth; before her pains come upon her she has delivered a son.
A Conservative Version
Before she travailed, she brought forth. Before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.
American Standard Version
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.
Amplified
“Before she (Zion) was in labor, she gave birth;
Before her labor pain came, she gave birth to a boy.
Bible in Basic English
Before her pains came, she gave birth; before her pains, she gave birth to a man-child.
Darby Translation
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.
Julia Smith Translation
Bringing forth before she will travail, before pain will come to her, she was delivered of a male.
King James 2000
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Before she was in labor she gave birth; before labor pains came to her, she gave birth to a son.
Modern King James verseion
Before she travailed, she gave birth; before her pain came, she delivered a man child.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
like as when a wife bringeth forth a man child, before she suffer the pain of the birth and anguish of the travail.
New Heart English Bible
"Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a son.
The Emphasized Bible
Before she travaileth, she hath brought forth, - Before her pains come to her, she hath given birth to a man-child!
Webster
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a male child.
World English Bible
"Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a son.
Youngs Literal Translation
Before she is pained she hath brought forth, Before a pang cometh to her, She hath delivered a male.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 66:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zion's Delivery
6 The sound of battle comes from the city; the sound comes from the temple! It is the sound of the Lord paying back his enemies. 7 Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy! 8 Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen this? Can a country be brought forth in one day? Can a nation be born in a single moment? Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons!
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 54:1
"Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman," says the Lord.
Galatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Revelation 12:1-5
Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars.