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so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, <i>When</i> she draws near the time of her delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />As the pregnant woman approaches <i>the time</i> to give birth, She writhes <i>and</i> cries out in her labor pains; This is how we were before You, LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth, She writhes and cries out in her labor pains, Thus were we before You, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />As the pregnant woman approaches <i>the time</i> to give birth, She writhes <i>and</i> cries out in her labor pains, Thus were we before Thee, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />As the woman with child draws near to <i>the time</i> to give birth, She writhes <i>and</i> cries out in her pangs of labor, Thus were we before You, O Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />As a woman with child approaches <i>the time</i> to give birth, She is in pain <i>and</i> struggles and cries out in her labor, So we were before You, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pains, so we were before you, LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pains, so we were before You, LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee, O Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Because of what you did to us, we suffered like a woman about to give birth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been before thee, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />O LORD, when we are with you, we are like pregnant women ready to give birth. They writhe and cry out in their labor pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You, LORD, have made us cry out, as a woman in labor cries out in pain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out during her labor when she is about to give birth, so were we because of you, LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains, so were we because of you, O LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Like as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs; so we have been before you, LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />As a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Just as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before you, Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />When a pregnant woman comes near to the birth, "" She is pained—she cries in her pangs, "" So we have been from Your face, O YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained -- she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />As she conceiving will draw near to bring forth, she will be pained and cry out in her pangs, thus were we from before thee, O Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As a woman with child, when she draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs: so are we become in thy presence, O Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Like a woman who has conceived and is approaching the time for delivery, who, in anguish, cries out in her pains, so have we become before your face, O Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As a woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we before you, LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Like a woman with child, who writhes and cries out in her pangs when she is near her time, so were we because of you, O LORD;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Like a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, and is in pain, and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />As a pregnant woman that is near to give birth and is in labor, and cries out in her labor pains, in this way they were in your presence, LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, Is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; So have we been at Thy presence, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And as a woman in travail draws nigh to be delivered, <i>and</i> cries out in her pain; so have we been to thy beloved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=5333" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/26.htm">A Song of Trust in God's Provision</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: kə·mōw (Prep) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">As</a> <a href="/hebrew/2030.htm" title="2030: hā·rāh (Adj-fs) -- Pregnant. Or hariy; from harah; pregnant.">a woman with child</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: taq·rîḇ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">about</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: lā·le·ḏeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">to give birth</a> <a href="/hebrew/2342.htm" title="2342: tā·ḥîl (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- Or chiyl; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl, i.e. to dance, to writhe in pain or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert.">writhes</a> <a href="/hebrew/2199.htm" title="2199: tiz·‘aq (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; by analogy, to announce or convene publicly.">and cries out</a> <a href="/hebrew/2256.htm" title="2256: ba·ḥă·ḇā·le·hā (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin.">in pain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">so</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yî·nū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">were we</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pā·ne·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">in Your presence,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-21.htm">John 16:21</a></span><br />A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/4-9.htm">Micah 4:9-10</a></span><br />Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor? / Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-6.htm">Jeremiah 30:6-7</a></span><br />Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale? / How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-8.htm">Matthew 24:8</a></span><br />All these are the beginning of birth pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Hosea 13:13</a></span><br />Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2</a></span><br />She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/48-6.htm">Psalm 48:6</a></span><br />Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22</a></span><br />We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-31.htm">Jeremiah 4:31</a></span><br />For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Mark 13:8</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm">Isaiah 13:8</a></span><br />Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-19.htm">Galatians 4:19</a></span><br />My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm">Jeremiah 6:24</a></span><br />We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-14.htm">Isaiah 42:14</a></span><br />“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Like as a woman with child, that draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in your sight, O LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm">Isaiah 13:8</a></b></br> And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces <i>shall be as</i> flames.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Isaiah 21:3</a></b></br> Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing <i>of it</i>; I was dismayed at the seeing <i>of it</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/48-6.htm">Psalm 48:6</a></b></br> Fear took hold upon them there, <i>and</i> pain, as of a woman in travail.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/11-8.htm">Approaches</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-4.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-8.htm">Child</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-6.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-14.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/exodus/1-16.htm">Delivery</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-5.htm">Draweth</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-5.htm">Draws</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-4.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-5.htm">Pained</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Pangs</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-5.htm">Pregnant</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-3.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-22.htm">Time</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-4.htm">Travail</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/job/15-20.htm">Writhes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Approaches</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-18.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-18.htm">Child</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-2.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-3.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-14.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-9.htm">Delivery</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-12.htm">Draweth</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Draws</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-18.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-7.htm">Pained</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm">Pangs</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-18.htm">Pregnant</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-19.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-9.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Time</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-18.htm">Travail</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-21.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Writhes</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/26-1.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/26.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/26.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As a woman with child about to give birth</b><br>This imagery of a woman in labor is a common biblical metaphor for intense pain and anticipation. It reflects the idea of impending change and the birth of something new. In the ancient Near Eastern context, childbirth was a significant event, often associated with both joy and suffering. This metaphor is used elsewhere in Scripture, such as in <a href="/john/16-21.htm">John 16:21</a>, to describe the transition from suffering to joy.<p><b>writhes and cries out in pain</b><br>The physical and emotional intensity of labor is emphasized here, symbolizing the deep distress and longing of the people. This phrase captures the urgency and desperation of Israel's situation, often seen in times of national crisis or spiritual longing. It can also be seen as a reflection of the groaning of creation mentioned in <a href="/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22</a>, where the world awaits redemption.<p><b>so were we in Your presence, O LORD</b><br>This indicates a direct relationship with God, acknowledging His sovereignty and the people's dependence on Him. The presence of the LORD is a central theme in the Old Testament, representing both comfort and conviction. The Israelites often found themselves in distress due to their disobedience, yet they recognized that true deliverance could only come from God. This phrase also echoes the idea of God's presence being both a source of fear and hope, as seen in <a href="/exodus/33-14.htm">Exodus 33:14-15</a>, where Moses seeks assurance of God's presence with Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who authored the book, delivering messages from God to the people of Judah and Jerusalem.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah_and_jerusalem.htm">Judah and Jerusalem</a></b><br>The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecies, representing the Southern Kingdom of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, to whom the people cry out in their distress.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/pregnant_woman.htm">Pregnant Woman</a></b><br>A metaphor used to describe the intense anticipation and pain experienced by the people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/birth_pains.htm">Birth Pains</a></b><br>Symbolic of the suffering and expectation of deliverance or a new beginning.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>The metaphor of birth pains highlights that suffering can be a precursor to new life and transformation. Believers can find hope in the midst of trials, knowing that God is at work.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/anticipation_of_deliverance.htm">Anticipation of Deliverance</a></b><br>Just as birth pains lead to the joy of new life, the struggles we face can lead to spiritual growth and deliverance. Trust in God's timing and purpose is essential.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/crying_out_to_god.htm">Crying Out to God</a></b><br>The verse emphasizes the importance of turning to God in times of distress. Prayer and dependence on the Lord are vital responses to life's challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_pain_in_god's_plan.htm">The Role of Pain in God's Plan</a></b><br>Pain and suffering are not without purpose in God's plan. They can refine our faith and draw us closer to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_promises.htm">Hope in God's Promises</a></b><br>The imagery of childbirth assures us that God's promises will be fulfilled. Our current sufferings are temporary and will give way to His ultimate plan for our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_pregnancy.htm">What are the Bible's teachings on pregnancy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_jesus'_religious_identity.htm">What is Jesus' religious identity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_family_conflict.htm">What Old Testament prophecies predict the Messiah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_biblical_birth_pains.htm">What are the biblical birth pains?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">Like as a woman with child.</span>--This, as in <a href="/matthew/24-8.htm" title="All these are the beginning of sorrows.">Matthew 24:8</a>, <a href="/john/16-21.htm" title="A woman when she is in travail has sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.">John 16:21</a>, comes as the most natural image of longing, painful expectation, followed by great joy.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Like as a woman with child</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm">Isaiah 13:8</a>; <a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Isaiah 21:3</a>). Isaiah uses the metaphor to express any severe pain combined with anxiety. <span class="cmt_word">So have we been in thy sight</span>; rather, <span class="accented">so have we been at thy presence</span>. When thou wert visiting us in anger, and laying thy chastisements upon us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/26-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">As</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּמ֤וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(kə·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3644.htm">Strong's 3644: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like, as, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a woman with child</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2030.htm">Strong's 2030: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pregnant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] about</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּקְרִ֣יב</span> <span class="translit">(taq·rîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to give birth</span><br /><span class="heb">לָלֶ֔דֶת</span> <span class="translit">(lā·le·ḏeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">writhes</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּחִ֥יל</span> <span class="translit">(tā·ḥîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2342.htm">Strong's 2342: </a> </span><span class="str2">To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and cries out</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּזְעַ֖ק</span> <span class="translit">(tiz·‘aq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2199.htm">Strong's 2199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shriek, to announce, convene publicly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in pain,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֲבָלֶ֑יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥă·ḇā·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2256.htm">Strong's 2256: </a> </span><span class="str2">A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that is how</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵּ֛ן</span> <span class="translit">(kên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we were</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיִ֥ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Your presence,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 26:17 Like as a woman with child who (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/26-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 26:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 26:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/26-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 26:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 26:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>