King James Version

Isaiah 42:14

I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

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הֶחֱשֵׁ֨יתִי֙hechesheytikeep silenceחָשָׁהverb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “keep silence”, a completed actionH2814to hush or keep quiethold peace, keep silence, be silent, (be) still.מֵֽעוֹלָ֔םmeolamfrom alwayעוֹלָםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…אַחֲרִ֖ישׁacharishbe deafחָרַשׁverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be deaf”, an unfinished actionH2790to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)[idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.אֶתְאַפָּ֑קetapaqforceאָפַקverb, hithpael, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “force”, an unfinished actionH662to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstainforce (oneself), restrain.כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֣הkayoledahas bearיָלַדpreposition, with the article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “as bear”, a verb used as a describing wordH3205to 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…אֶפְעֶ֔הefehcryפָּעָהverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “cry”, an unfinished actionH6463to screamcry.אֶשֹּׁ֥םeshomdestroyנָשַׁםverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH5395properly, to blow away, i.e. destroydestroy.וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ףveeshafand desireשָׁאַףconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and desire”, an unfinished actionH7602to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hastendesire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.יָֽחַדyachadalikeיַחַדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alike”, the ordinary formH3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyalike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I have long time held My peace, I have been still, and refrained Myself; now will I cry like a travailing woman, gasping and panting at once.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.

Young’s Literal Translation

I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.

World English Bible

“I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.

Darby Translation

Long time have I holden my peace; I have been still, I have restrained myself: I will cry like a woman that travaileth; I will blow and pant at once.

Douay-Rheims

I have always held my peace, I have I kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman in labour: I will destroy, and swallow up at once.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I have long time held My peace, I have been still, and refrained Myself; now will I cry like a travailing woman, gasping and panting at once.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I have been silent: shall I also always be silent and forbear? I have endured like a travailing woman : I will now amaze and wither at once.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐσιώπησα, μὴ καὶ ἀεὶ σιωπήσομαι καὶ ἀνέξομαι; ὡς ἡ τίκτουσα ἐκαρτέρησα, ἐκστήσω καὶ ξηρανῶ ἅμα·