Parallel Verses
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?'!"
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?’”
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?’”
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?
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
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cyrus, God's Instrument
9 "Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, "What are you making?' or "Your work has no human hands?'! 10 Woe to the one who says to his father, "What are you begetting?' or to a woman, "To what are you giving birth?'!" 11 This is what the Lord says, the Creator of the signs: "Question me about my children, or give me orders about the work of my hands.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:16
""Cursed is the one who treats his father and mother with dishonor.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
Malachi 1:6
"A son honors his father and a servant his master. So if I'm a father, where is my honor? And if I'm a master, where is my respect?" says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies to you priests who are despising my name. "But you ask, "How have we despised your name?'
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them for it. We should submit even more to the Father of our spirits and live, shouldn't we?