Isaiah 37:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They said to him, "This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ יוֹם־צָרָ֧ה וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה וּנְאָצָ֖ה הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י בָ֤אוּ בָנִים֙ עַד־מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר וְכֹ֥חַ אַ֖יִן לְלֵדָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōmerû to-him thus kōh ʾāmar Ḥizqiyāhû day-of-tsārāh and-tôkēḥāh and-neʾātsāh the-yôm the-zeh for kî bāʾû bānîm unto-mashbēr and-kōaḥ ʾayin to-lēdāh.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōmerû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3mp - and they said
• *kōh*: adverb - thus/so
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3ms - he said
• *Ḥizqiyāhû*: proper noun - Hezekiah
• *tsārāh*: noun, feminine singular - distress/trouble
• *tôkēḥāh*: noun, feminine singular - rebuke/punishment
• *neʾātsāh*: noun, feminine singular - contempt/blasphemy
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
• *zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *bāʾû*: qal perfect 3cp - they have come
• *bānîm*: noun, masculine plural - children/sons
• *mashbēr*: noun, masculine singular - opening of the womb/birth stool
• *kōaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - strength/power
• *ʾayin*: particle of negation - there is not/nothing
• *lēdāh*: qal infinitive construct - to give birth

Word Meanings

• *tsārāh*: distress/trouble/anguish
• *tôkēḥāh*: rebuke/punishment/chastisement
• *neʾātsāh*: contempt/scorn/rejection/blasphemy
• *bāʾû bānîm ʿad-mashbēr*: children have come to the birth canal/point of delivery
• *kōaḥ ʾayin lelēdāh*: there is no strength to give birth/deliver

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they said{H559} unto him, Thus saith{H559} Hezekiah,{H2396} This day{H3117} is a day{H3117} of trouble,{H6869} and of rebuke,{H8433} and of contumely;{H5007} for the children{H1121} are come{H935} to the birth,{H4866} and there is not strength{H3581} to bring forth.{H3205}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} Hezekiah{H2396}, This day{H3117} is a day{H3117} of trouble{H6869}, and of rebuke{H8433}, and of blasphemy{H5007}: for the children{H1121} are come{H935}{(H8804)} to the birth{H4866}, and there is not strength{H3581} to bring forth{H3205}{(H8800)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & they sayde vnto him: Thus saieth Ezechias: this is the daye of trouble, of plage & of wrath: like as when a childe cometh to the byrth, but the woman hath no power to bringe it forth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they sayd vnto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke and blasphemie: for the children are come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring foorth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they sayde vnto hym, Thus saith Hezekia: This is the day of trouble, of plague, and of blasphemie: for the children are come to the place of birth, but there is no power to bryng them foorth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and they say unto him, `Thus said Hezekiah, A day of distress, and rebuke, and despising, `is' this day; for come have sons unto the birth, and power there is not to bear.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “This is what Hezekiah says:‘This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.

Referenced Verses

• Hos 13:13 : 13 The pains of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son; when it is time, he does not come to the opening of the womb.
• Isa 66:9 : 9 'Shall I bring to the point of birth and not deliver?' says the Lord. 'Or shall I, who causes delivery, shut the womb?' says your God.
• Isa 26:17-18 : 17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her labor pains, so were we in Your presence, LORD. 18 We were pregnant, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth only to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth, and no one is born to inhabit the world.
• Isa 33:2 : 2 LORD, be gracious to us! We have waited for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in times of distress.
• Jer 30:7 : 7 Alas! That day is great, so that there is none like it. It is a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved from it.
• Hos 5:15-6:1 : 15 I will return to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face; in their distress they will earnestly seek me. 1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has struck us down, but He will bind us up.
• Rev 3:19 : 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
• 2 Kgs 19:3 : 3 They said to him, "This is what Hezekiah says: 'Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.'
• 2 Chr 15:4 : 4 But in their trouble, they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, sought Him, and He was found by them.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.
• Ps 91:15 : 15 He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
• Ps 95:8 : 8 do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
• Ps 116:3-4 : 3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow. 4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: 'O Lord, please save my life!'
• Isa 22:5 : 5 For the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, has ordained a day of panic, trampling, and confusion in the Valley of Vision, breaking down walls and crying out to the mountains.
• Isa 25:8 : 8 He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.