Isaiah 66:9

NETBible	“Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?” asks the Lord. “Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?” asks your God.¹
NIV © biblegateway Isa 66:9	Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?" says your God.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 66:9	"Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?" says your God.
NLT © biblegateway Isa 66:9	Would I ever bring this nation to the point of birth and then not deliver it?" asks the LORD. "No! I would never keep this nation from being born," says your God.
MSG © biblegateway Isa 66:9	Do I open the womb and not deliver the baby? Do I, the One who delivers babies, shut the womb?
BBE © SABDAweb Isa 66:9	Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God.
NRSV © bibleoremus Isa 66:9	Shall I open the womb and not deliver? says the LORD; shall I, the one who delivers, shut the womb? says your God.
NKJV © biblegateway Isa 66:9	Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?" says the LORD. "Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb ?" says your God.
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KJV	Shall I bring to the birth <07665> (8686)_, and not cause to bring forth <03205> (8686)_? saith <0559> (8799) the LORD <03068>_: shall I <0589> cause to bring forth <03205> (8688)_, and shut <06113> (8804) [the womb]? saith <0559> (8804) thy God <0430>_. {not...: or, not beget?}
NASB © biblegateway Isa 66:9	"Shall I bring <07665> to the point <07665> of birth <07665> and not give <03205> delivery <03205> ?" says <0559> the LORD <03068> . "Or <0518> shall I who gives <03205> delivery <03205> shut <06113> the womb?" says <0559> your God <0430> .
LXXM	egw <1473> P-NS de <1161> PRT edwka <1325> V-AAI-1S thn <3588> T-ASF prosdokian <4329> N-ASF tauthn <3778> D-ASF kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV emnhsyhv <3403> V-API-2S mou <1473> P-GS eipen {V-AAI-3S} kuriov <2962> N-NSM ouk <3364> ADV idou <2400> INJ egw <1473> P-NS gennwsan <1080> V-PAPAS kai <2532> CONJ steiran {N-ASF} epoihsa <4160> V-AAI-1S eipen {V-AAI-3S} o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM
NET [draft] ITL	“Do I <0589> bring a baby to the birth opening <07665> and then not <03808> deliver <03205> it?” asks <0559> the Lord <03068> . “Or <0518> do I <0589> bring a baby to the point of delivery <03205> and then hold <06113> it back <06113> ?” asks <0559> your God <0430> .
HEBREW	o Kyhla <0430> rma <0559> ytruew <06113> dylwmh <03205> yna <0589> Ma <0518> hwhy <03068> rmay <0559> dylwa <03205> alw <03808> rybsa <07665> ynah (66:9) <0589>


NETBible	“Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?” asks the Lord. “Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?” asks your God.¹
NET Notes	¹sn The rhetorical questions expect the answer, “Of course not!”