Isaiah 66:7
New International Version
“Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son.

New Living Translation
“Before the birth pains even begin, Jerusalem gives birth to a son.

English Standard Version
“Before she was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she delivered a son.

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

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

New King James Version
“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; Before her pain came, She delivered a male child.

New American Standard Bible
“Before she was in labor, she delivered; Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.

NASB 1995
“Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.

NASB 1977
“Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Before she was in labor pains, she gave birth; Before her pangs came, she delivered a male child.

Amplified Bible
“Before she (Zion) was in labor, she gave birth; Before her labor pain came, she gave birth to a boy.

Christian Standard Bible
Before Zion was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Before Zion was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Before she shall be in labor she gives birth, and before her labor pains will arrive she shall bring forth a male

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Before she that travailed brought forth, before the travail-pain came on, she escaped it and brought forth a male.

Contemporary English Version
Have you ever heard of a woman who gave birth to a child before having labor pains?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Before she was in labour, she brought forth; before her time came to be delivered, she brought forth a man child.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Before a woman goes into labor, she gives birth. Before she has labor pains, she delivers a child.

Good News Translation
"My holy city is like a woman who suddenly gives birth to a child without ever going into labor.

International Standard Version
"Before she goes into labor she gives birth; before her pains come upon her she has delivered a son.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, She was delivered of a man-child.

Literal Standard Version
“Before she is pained she has brought forth, | Before a pang comes to her, | She has delivered a male.

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

New American Bible
Before she is in labor, she gives birth; Before her pangs come upon her, she delivers a male child.

NET Bible
Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy!

New Revised Standard Version
Before she was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she delivered a son.

New Heart English Bible
"Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a son.

Webster's Bible Translation
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a male child.

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

Young's Literal Translation
Before she is pained she hath brought forth, Before a pang cometh to her, She hath delivered a male.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Rejoice with Jerusalem
7“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy. 8Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.…

Cross References
John 16:21
A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

Revelation 12:5
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.

Isaiah 37:3
to tell him, "This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

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.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Isaiah 54:1
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

Galatians 4:26
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Revelation 12:1-5
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: …

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Isaiah 66
1. The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity
5. He comforts the humble by showing the confusion of their enemies
7. With the marvelous growth
10. And the gracious benefits of the church
15. God's severe judgments against the wicked
18. The Gentiles shall have an holy church
24. And see the damnation of the wicked














(7) Before she travailed . . .--The mother, as the next verse shows, is Zion; the man-child, born at last without the travail-pangs of sorrow, is the new Israel, the true Israel of God. The same figure has met us in Isaiah 49:17-21; Isaiah 54:1, and is implied in Matthew 24:8. Its antithesis is found in Isaiah 37:3.

Verses 7, 8. - Before she travailed, etc. Without any long delay, without any labour pains, Zion will bring forth a man-child - a whole nation, which wilt be born at once, and not grow up by slow degrees. The occupation of Jerusalem by the great body of the returned exiles (Ezra 2:1; Ezra 3:1) is intended. Such a second birth of a nation was strange, and without precedent (comp. Isaiah 42:9; Isaiah 43:19). Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? rather, can a land be brought forth in one day? It is not only a people, but a country, that is born anew; not only the Jews, but Judaea.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Before
בְּטֶ֥רֶם (bə·ṭe·rem)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

she was in labor,
תָּחִ֖יל (tā·ḥîl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

she gave birth;
יָלָ֑דָה (yā·lā·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

before
בְּטֶ֨רֶם (bə·ṭe·rem)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

she was in pain,
חֵ֛בֶל (ḥê·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin

she delivered
וְהִמְלִ֥יטָה (wə·him·lî·ṭāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

a boy.
זָכָֽר׃ (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male


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