Isaiah 26:18
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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.We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
In other translations
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.We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
Hebrew words
הָרִינוּharinuwe were pregnantH2029חַלְנוּchalnuwe were in laborH2342כְּמוֹkemolikeH3644יָלַדְנוּyaladnuwe gave birth toH3205רוּחַruachwindH7307יְשׁוּעֹתyeshu'otdeliverance<s>H3444בַּל־bal-notH1077נַעֲשֶׂהna'asehwe accomplishH6213אֶרֶץ'eretz[the] earthH776וּבַל־uval-and notH1077יִפְּלוּyipeluthey fallH5307יֹשְׁבֵיyoshevei[the] inhabitants ofH3427תֵבֵל׃tevel[the] worldH8398
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