Bible/Isaiah/45

Isaiah 45:10

45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

KJV

Save image

Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’ or to a mother, ‘To what have you given birth?’”

Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

Woe to him that says to his father, What beget you? or to the woman, What have you brought forth?

45:11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

What does Isaiah 45:10 mean?

Isaiah 45:10 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include הוֹי (hôwy), אָמַר (ʼâmar), אָב (ʼâb). It connects to 10 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

Full chapter interlinear →
Woeהוֹיhôwy/hoh'ee/H1945oh!
unto
him
that
saithאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
unto
his
father,אָבʼâb/awb/H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
What
begettestיָלַדyâlad/yaw-lad'/H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
thou?
or
to
the
woman,אִשָּׁהʼishshâh/ish-shaw'/H802a woman
What
hast
thou
brought
forth?חוּלchûwl/khool/H2342properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert

Commentary on Isaiah 45:10

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 45:10
sacred and serious do but make themselves ridiculous. Their folly shall be manifest unto all men. 2. Those that scorn judgments cannot escape them, v. 28 . The unbelief of man shall not make God's threatenings of no effect; those that devour iniquity swallow the hook with the bait. The civil magistrate has judgments prepared for scorners, for otherwise he would bear the sword in vain; but if he be remiss, and connive at sin, yet God's judgments slumber not; they are prepared, Matt. xxv. 41 . Miscellaneous Maxims.

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. have: or, will you not, since I have commanded you? valiant: Heb. sons of valour

1 Kings 20:16

And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

Isaiah 28:7

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Hosea 4:11

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

Hosea 7:5

In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. bottles: or, heat through wine

Habakkuk 2:15

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

Habakkuk 2:16

Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. with: or, more with shame than with glory

1 Corinthians 6:10

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:21

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:18

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Topics

InfidelityPresumption

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 45:10.

Genesis 3:16

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. to thy: or, subject to thy husband

Genesis 4:1

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. Cain: that is, Gotten, or, Acquired

Genesis 10:21

Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

Genesis 11:29

And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Genesis 2:23

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Woman: Heb. Isha Man: Heb. Ish

Genesis 2:24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.

Genesis 3:12

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Frequently asked questions

What does Isaiah 45:10 say?

Isaiah 45:10 (King James Version) reads: "Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?"

Is Isaiah 45:10 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 45:10 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

Reflect

As you read Isaiah 45:10, what is one truth here you can carry into today?

Plan a sermon or study on Isaiah 45:10
45:9Read all of Isaiah 4545:11