Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Cursed is he who says to a father, To what are you giving life? or to a woman, What are you in birth-pains with?
New American Standard Bible
Or to a woman, ‘To what are you
King James Version
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Holman Bible
‘What are you fathering?’
or to his mother,
‘What are you giving birth to?’”
International Standard Version
Woe to the one who says to his father, "What are you begetting?' or to a woman, "To what are you giving birth?'!"
A Conservative Version
Woe to him who says to a father, What are thou begetting? or to a woman, With what are thou travailing?
American Standard Version
Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?
Amplified
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who says to a father, ‘What are you fathering?’
Or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
Darby Translation
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? Or to his mother, What hast thou brought forth?
Julia Smith Translation
Wo to him saying to the father, What wilt thou beget? and to the woman, What wilt thou bring forth?
King James 2000
Woe unto him that says unto his father, What do you beget? or to the woman, What have you brought forth?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Woe [to the] one who says to a father, 'What you are begetting?' or to a woman, '[With] what are you in labor?'"
Modern King James verseion
Woe to him who says to his father, What are you fathering? Or to the woman, What are you laboring over?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Woe be unto him that sayeth to his father, "Why begettest thou?" And to his mother, "Why bearest thou?"
NET Bible
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?"
New Heart 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?'"
The Emphasized Bible
Alas, for one who saith to a father, What begettest thou? Or to a woman What dost thou bring forth?
Webster
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?'"
Youngs Literal Translation
Woe to him who is saying to a father, 'What dost thou beget?' Or to a wife, 'What dost thou bring forth?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 45:10
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Context Readings
Cyrus, God's Instrument
9 Cursed is he who has an argument with his Maker, the pot which has an argument with the Potter! Will the wet earth say to him who is working with it, What are you doing, that your work has nothing by which it may be gripped? 10 Cursed is he who says to a father, To what are you giving life? or to a woman, What are you in birth-pains with? 11 The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, says, Will you put a question to me about the things which are to come, or will you give me orders about my sons, and the work of my hands?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.
Malachi 1:6
A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
Hebrews 12:9
And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?