Isaiah Chapter 66 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 66:8

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
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BBE Isaiah 66:8

When has such a story come to men's ears? who has seen such things? will a land come to birth in one day? will a nation be given birth in a minute? For when Zion's pains came on her, she gave birth to her children straight away.
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DARBY Isaiah 66:8

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Can a land be made to bring forth in one day? shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her sons.
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KJV Isaiah 66:8

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
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WBT Isaiah 66:8


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WEB Isaiah 66:8

Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
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YLT Isaiah 66:8

Who hath heard anything like this? Who hath seen anything like these? Is earth caused to bring forth in one day? Born is a nation at once? For she hath been pained, Zion also hath borne her sons.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) Shall the earth be made . . .--Better, Shall a land be made to travail. The usually slow processes of national development are contrasted with the supernatural rapidity of the birth and growth of the new Israel.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewWhoמִֽי־ (mî-)InterrogativeStrong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffixhas heardשָׁמַ֣ע (šā·ma‘)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 8085: To hear intelligentlyof such as this?כָּזֹ֗את (kā·zōṯ)Preposition-k | Pronoun - feminine singularStrong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, Whoמִ֤י (mî)InterrogativeStrong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffixhas seenרָאָה֙ (rā·’āh)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 7200: To seesuch things?כָּאֵ֔לֶּה (kā·’êl·leh)Preposition-k | Pronoun - common pluralStrong's 428: These, thoseCan a countryאֶ֙רֶץ֙ (’e·reṣ)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 776: Earth, landbe bornהֲי֤וּחַל (hă·yū·ḥal)Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervertin aאֶחָ֔ד (’e·ḥāḏ)Number - masculine singularStrong's 259: United, one, firstdayבְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3117: A dayorאִם־ (’im-)ConjunctionStrong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, nota nationגּ֖וֹי (gō·w)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locustsbe deliveredיִוָּ֥לֵֽד (yiw·wā·lêḏ)Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineagein an instant?פַּ֣עַם (pa·‘am)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrenceYetכִּֽי־ (kî-)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionas soon as Zionצִיּ֖וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalemwas in labor,חָ֛לָה (ḥā·lāh)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervertshe gave birth toיָלְדָ֥ה (yā·lə·ḏāh)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineageher children.בָּנֶֽיהָ׃ (bā·ne·hā)Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularStrong's 1121: A sonJump to PreviousBorn Children Earth Forth Heard Nation Once Soon Travailed Zion