Isaiah 45:10

Danger awaits one who says ¹  to his father, “What in the world ²  are you fathering?” and to his mother, “What in the world are you bringing forth?” ³ 

biblegateway Isa 45:10

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought to birth?’

biblegateway Isa 45:10

"Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to a woman, ‘To what are you giving birth?’"

biblegateway Isa 45:10

How terrible it would be if a newborn baby said to its father and mother, ‘Why was I born? Why did you make me this way?’"

biblegateway Isa 45:10

Would a sperm say to a father, 'Who gave you permission to use me to make a baby?' Or a fetus to a mother, 'Why have you cooped me up in this belly?'"

SABDAweb Isa 45:10

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?

bibleoremus Isa 45:10

Woe to anyone who says to a father, "What are you begetting?" or to a woman, "With what are you in labor?"

biblegateway Isa 45:10

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’"

biblegateway Isa 45:10

Danger awaits one who says ¹  to his father, “What in the world ²  are you fathering?” and to his mother, “What in the world are you bringing forth?” ³ 

¹ tn Heb “Woe [to] one who says” (NASB and NIV both similar); NCV “How terrible it will be.”

² tn See the note at v. 9. This phrase occurs a second time later in this verse.

³ sn Verses 9-10 may allude to the exiles’ criticism that the Lord does not appear to know what he is doing.