Isaiah 45:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore, {G3303} we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Similar Verses (AI)

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Isa 45:9
82%
9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Isa 45:11
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11Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.
Isa 66:9
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9Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah: shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God.
Hos 13:13
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13The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Jer 20:14-15
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73%
14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
Jer 15:10
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10Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.
Jer 13:21
72%
21What wilt thou say, when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be friends to thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?
Prov 31:2
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2What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?
Rom 9:20
72%
20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
Job 31:15
72%
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
Ezek 16:44-45
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72%
44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
45Thou art the daughter of thy mother, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
Deut 32:6
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6Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.
Jer 2:27
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27who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
Jer 16:3
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3For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land:
Prov 19:26
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26He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
Prov 30:11
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11There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
Prov 17:25
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25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
Hos 9:12
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12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Prov 17:21
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21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
Isa 49:21
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21Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
Isa 30:1
69%
1Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
Deut 27:16
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16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Isa 1:2
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2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Lam 2:20
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20See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Isa 51:19
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19These two things are befallen thee, who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?
Mic 4:9
69%
9Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee, is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?
Isa 57:3-4
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3But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Ps 7:14
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14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Jer 3:4
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4Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?
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15Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
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Job 10:18
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18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
Job 15:13
68%
13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
Isa 50:1
68%
1Thus saith Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
Isa 3:11-12
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68%
11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
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14Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Mal 1:6
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Jer 3:19
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Lam 3:37
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37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Jer 30:6
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