Isaiah 42:14
I have held my peace a long time; I have been still, and restrained myself: now will I cry like a woman in labor; I will destroy and devour at once.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
For a long time, I have kept silent; I have held my peace and restrained myself. But now, like a woman in labor, I will cry out; I will gasp and pant together.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
I have long time{H5769} holden my peace;{H2814} I have been still,{H2790} and refrained{H662} myself: [now] will I cry{H6463} out like a travailing woman;{H3205} I will gasp{H5395} and pant{H7602} together.{H3162}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
I have long time{H5769} holden my peace{H2814}{(H8689)}; I have been still{H2790}{(H8686)}, and refrained{H662}{(H8691)} myself: now will I cry{H6463}{(H8799)} like a travailing woman{H3205}{(H8802)}; I will destroy{H5395}{(H8799)}{(H8676)}{H8074}{(H8799)} and devour{H7602}{(H8799)} at once{H3162}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
I haue longe holden my peace (saieth the LORDE) shulde I therfore be still, and kepe sylence for euer? I will crie like a trauelinge woman, and once wil I destroye, and deuoure.
Geneva Bible (1560)
I haue a long time holden my peace: I haue beene still and refrained my selfe: nowe will I crie like a trauailing woman: I will destroy and deuoure at once.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
I haue long holden my peace saith the Lorde I haue ben styll and refrained my selfe, but now I wyll crie like a trauayling woman, and at once wyll I destroy and deuour.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, [and] refrained myself: [now] will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
Webster's Bible (1833)
I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: [now] will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.
American Standard Version (1901)
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: `now' will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.
American Standard Version (1901)
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: [now] will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
I have long been quiet, I have kept myself in and done nothing: now I will make sounds of pain like a woman in childbirth, breathing hard and quickly.
World English Bible (2000)
"I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
“I have been inactive for a long time; I kept quiet and held back. Like a woman in labor I groan; I pant and gasp.
Referenced Verses
- Job 32:18 : 18 For I am full of words; the spirit within me compels me.
- Job 32:20 : 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
- Ps 50:2 : 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth.
- Ps 83:1-2 : 1 Do not remain silent, O God: hold not your peace, and do not be still, O God. 2 For, behold, your enemies make an uproar: and those who hate you have lifted up their head.
- Eccl 8:11-12 : 11 Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed quickly, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.
- Jer 15:6 : 6 You have forsaken me, says the LORD, you have gone backward: therefore I will stretch out my hand against you, and destroy you; I am weary with repenting.
- Jer 44:22 : 22 So that the LORD could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed; therefore your land is a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
- Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night to him, though he bears long with them?
- 2 Pet 3:9-9 : 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is patient toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are in it shall be burned up.
- 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 And consider that the patience of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given to him has written to you;
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