King James Version

Isaiah 26:18

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

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הָרִ֣ינוּharinvbe with childהָרָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “be with child”, a completed actionH2029to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.חַ֔לְנוּchalnvdanceחוּלverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “dance”, a completed actionH2342properly, 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 pervertbear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarr…כְּמ֖וֹkemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.יָלַ֣דְנוּyaladnvbearיָלַדverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…ר֑וּחַruchaangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “anger”, the ordinary formH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).יְשׁוּעֹת֙yeshuotdeliveranceיְשׁוּעָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “deliverance”, the ordinary formH3444something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperitydeliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.בַּלballestבַּלparticle, negative — “lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.נַ֣עֲשֶׂהnaasehdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “do”, an unfinished actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…אֶ֔רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וּבַֽלuvaland lestבַּלconjunction, particle, negative — “and lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.יִפְּל֖וּyiplvfallנָפַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “fall”, an unfinished actionH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…יֹשְׁבֵ֥יyoshevedwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, construct — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…תֵבֵֽלtevelhabitable partתֵּבֵלnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “habitable part”, the ordinary formH8398the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestinehabitable part, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the land; neither are the inhabitants of the world come to life.

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American Standard Version (1901)

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

Young’s Literal Translation

We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth as it were wind, Salvation we do not work in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.

World English Bible

We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance on the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

Darby Translation

We have been with child, we have been in travail, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought the deliverance of the land, neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

Douay-Rheims

We have conceived, and been as it were in labour, and have brought forth wind: we have not wrought salvation on the earth, therefore the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the land; neither are the inhabitants of the world come to life.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

We have conceived, O Lord, because of thy fear, and have been in pain, and have brought forth the breath of thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth: we shall not fall, but all that dwell upon the land shall fall.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διὰ τὸν φόβον σου Κύριε ἐν γαστρὶ ἐλάβομεν, καὶ ὠδινήσαμεν, καὶ ἐτέκομεν πνεῦμα σωτηρίας σου, ὃ ἐποιήσαμεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· οὐ πεσούμεθα, ἀλλὰ πεσοῦνται πάντες οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.