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

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
"Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son.

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

New American Standard Bible
"Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cross References

John 16:21
A woman when she is in travail has sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

Revelation 12:5
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.

Isaiah 37:3
And they said to him, Thus said Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

66:5-14 The prophet turns to those that trembled at God's word, to comfort and encourage them. The Lord will appear, to the joy of the humble believer, and to the confusion of hypocrites and persecutors. When the Spirit was poured out, and the gospel went forth from Zion, multitudes were converted in a little time. The word of God, especially his promises, and ordinances, are the consolations of the church. The true happiness of all Christians is increased by every convert brought to Christ. The gospel brings with it, wherever it is received in its power, such a river of peace, as will carry us to the ocean of boundless and endless bliss. Divine comforts reach the inward man; the joy of the Lord will be the strength of the believer. Both God's mercy and justice shall be manifested, and for ever magnified.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. she—Zion.

Before … travailed … brought forth—The accession of numbers, and of prosperity to her, shall be sudden beyond all expectation and unattended with painful effort (Isa 54:1, 4, 5). Contrast with this case of the future Jewish Church the travail-pains of the Christian Church in bringing forth "a man child" (Re 12:2, 5). A man child's birth is in the East a matter of special joy, while that of a female is not so; therefore, it here means the manly sons of the restored Jewish Church, the singular being used collectively for the plural: or the many sons being regarded as one under Messiah, who shall then be manifested as their one representative Head.