Isaiah 45:10
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New International Version (©2011)
Woe to the one who says to a father, 'What have you begotten?' or to a mother, 'What have you brought to birth?'

New Living Translation (©2007)
How terrible it would be if a newborn baby said to its father, 'Why was I born?' or if it said to its mother, 'Why did you make me this way?'"

English Standard Version (©2001)
Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Woe to him who says to a father, 'What are you begetting?' Or to a woman, 'To what are you giving birth?'"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
How absurd is the one who says to his father, What are you fathering?' or to his mother, What are you giving birth to?'"

International Standard Version (©2012)
Woe to the one who says to his father, 'What are you begetting?' or to a woman, 'To what are you giving birth?'!"

NET Bible (©2006)
Danger awaits one who says to his father, "What in the world are you fathering?" and to his mother, "What in the world are you bringing forth?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
How horrible it will be for the one who says to his father, "Why did you conceive me?" or to his mother, "Why did you go through labor pains for me?"

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Woe unto him that says unto his father, What do you beget? or to the woman, What have you brought forth?

American King James Version
Woe to him that said to his father, What beget you? or to the woman, What have you brought forth?

American Standard Version
Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Woe to him that saith to his father: Why begettest thou? and to the woman: Why dost thou bring forth?

Darby Bible Translation
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? Or to his mother, What hast thou brought forth?

English Revised Version
Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, with what travailest thou?

Webster's Bible Translation
Woe to him that saith to his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

World English Bible
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?'"

Young's Literal Translation
Woe to him who is saying to a father, 'What dost thou beget?' Or to a wife, 'What dost thou bring forth?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

45:5-10 There is no God beside Jehovah. There is nothing done without him. He makes peace, put here for all good; and creates evil, not the evil of sin, but the evil of punishment. He is the Author of all that is true, holy, good, or happy; and evil, error, and misery, came into the world by his permission, through the wilful apostacy of his creatures, but are restrained and overruled to his righteous purpose. This doctrine is applied, for the comfort of those that earnestly longed, yet quietly waited, for the redemption of Israel. The redemption of sinners by the Son of God, and the pouring out the Spirit, to give success to the gospel, are chiefly here intended. We must not expect salvation without righteousness; together the Lord hath created them. Let not oppressors oppose God's designs for his people. Let not the poor oppressed murmur, as if God dealt unkindly with them. Men are but earthen pots; they are broken potsherds, and are very much made so by mutual contentions. To contend with Him is as senseless as for clay to find fault with the potter. Let us turn God's promises into prayers, beseeching him that salvation may abound among us, and let us rest assured that the Judge of all the earth will do right.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 10. - Woe unto him that saith unto his father, etc.! A change is made in the metaphor, the relationship of a father and his child being substituted for that of a potter and his clay. What would a man think of a child murmuring against his parent for not having made him stronger, handsomer, cleverer? Would not such a child be regarded as most unnatural, and as deserving to have woe denounced upon him?

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Woe unto him that saith unto his father, what begettest thou?.... That quarrels with him, and complains of him, because he was not of the other sex, or not so wise, or so rich, or so handsome, as others:

or to the woman; disdaining to call her mother:

what hast thou brought forth? equally as absurd and impious it was in the Jews to quarrel with Christ for his conversation with sinners, and the reception of them; or for the regeneration of such persons; or to find fault with God for the conversion of the Gentiles, and resent it, and be angry at it, as they were; see Romans 10:19.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

10. If it be wrong for a child, born in less favorable circumstances, to upbraid his parents with having given him birth, a fortiori, it is, to upbraid God for His dealings with us. Rather translate, "a father … a woman." The Jews considered themselves exclusively God's children and were angry that God should adopt the Gentiles besides. Woe to him who says to one already a father, Why dost thou beget other children? [Horsley].

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God Calls Cyrus
…9Woe to him that strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, What make you? or your work, He has no hands? 10Woe to him that said to his father, What beget you? or to the woman, What have you brought forth? 11Thus said 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 you me. …

Isaiah 45:9 "Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, 'What are you making?' Does your work say, 'The potter has no hands'?
Isaiah 45:11 "This is what the LORD says-- the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: Concerning things to come, do you question me about my children, or give me orders about the work of my hands?