Isaiah 66:7

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.”

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BSBPD

““Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Before she is pained she hath brought forth, Before a pang cometh to her, She hath delivered a male.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 66:7 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
  3. Revelation 12:1And 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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