Isaiah 66:7

66:6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

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“Before she travailed, she gave birth. Before her pain came, she delivered a son.

Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

66:8 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.

What does Isaiah 66:7 mean?

Isaiah 66:7 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חוּל (chûwl), יָלַד (yâlad), חֶבֶל (chebel).

Hebrew interlinear

Before

she

travailed,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

she

brought

forth;יָלַדyâlad/yaw-lad'/H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

before

her

painחֶבֶלchebel/kheh'-bel/H2256a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin

came,בּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

she

was

deliveredמָלַטmâlaṭ/maw-lat'/H4422properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks

man

child.זָכָרzâkâr/zaw-kawr'/H2145properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 66:7.

Genesis 6:19

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Genesis 7:16

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

Genesis 7:9

There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

Isaiah 13:8

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 shall be as flames. be amazed: Heb. wonder one: Heb. every man at his neighbour flames: Heb. faces of the flames

Isaiah 26:17

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 in thy sight, O LORD.

Frequently asked questions

What does Isaiah 66:7 say?

Isaiah 66:7 (King James Version) reads: "Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child."

Is Isaiah 66:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 66:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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