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Rejoice with Jerusalem

Isaiah 66:7

In 11 translations

BSB
“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
KJV
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
WEB
“Before she travailed, she gave birth. Before her pain came, she delivered a son.
ASV
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.
LSV
“Before she is pained she has brought forth, || Before a pang comes to her, || She has delivered a male.
YLT
Before she is pained she hath brought forth, Before a pang cometh to her, She hath delivered a male.
DBY
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.
DRC
Before she was in labour, she brought forth; before her time came to be delivered, she brought forth a man child.
GNV
Before she trauailed, she brought foorth: and before her paine came, she was deliuered of a man childe.
JPS
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.
LXXE
Before she that travailed brought forth, before the travail-pain came on, she escaped it and brought forth a male.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
בְּטֶ֥רֶם תָּחִ֖יל יָלָ֑דָה בְּטֶ֨רֶם יָב֥וֹא חֵ֛בֶל לָ֖הּ וְהִמְלִ֥יטָה זָכָֽר׃
LXX-Br
Πρὶν τὴν ὠδίνουσαν τεκεῖν, πρὶν ἐλθεῖν τὸν πόνον τῶν ὠδίνων, ἐξέφυγε καὶ ἔτεκεν ἄρσεν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 12:1–5And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth. Then another…
  • Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
  • Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.

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