NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon We have been with childharah (haw-raw') to be (or become) pregnant, conceive -- been, be with child, conceive, progenitor. we have been in pain chuwl (khool) to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert we have as it were kmow (kem-o') a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so -- according to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth. brought forth yalad (yaw-lad') to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage wind ruwach (roo'-akh) wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being we have not wrought `asah (aw-saw') to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application any deliverance yshuw`ah (yesh-oo'-aw) something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity -- deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare. in the earth 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. neither bal (bal) a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest -- lest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing. have the inhabitants yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry of the world tebel (tay-bale') the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a partic. land, as Babylonia, Palestine fallen naphal (naw-fal') to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative) Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible We were pregnant, we writhed in labor, We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind. We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth, Nor were inhabitants of the world born. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible We became pregnant, we writhed in pain; we gave birth to wind. We have won no victories on earth, and the earth's inhabitants have not fallen. International Standard Version We were pregnant, writhing in pain, but we gave birth only to wind. We have not won your victory on earth, nor have the inhabitants of the world been born." NET Bible We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; people to populate the world are not born. GOD'S WORD® Translation We were pregnant; we writhed with labor pains only to give birth to the wind. We weren't able to bring salvation to the land, and no new people were born on earth. King James 2000 Bible We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were given birth to wind; we have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. Links Isaiah 26:18Isaiah 26:18 NIV Isaiah 26:18 NLT Isaiah 26:18 ESV Isaiah 26:18 NASB Isaiah 26:18 KJV |
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