Isaiah 42:14
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Isaiah 42:14 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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 (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Von lange her habe ich geschwiegen, war still, habe an mich gehalten. Gleich einer Gebärenden will ich tief aufatmen, schnauben und schnaufen zumal.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Desde el siglo he callado, tenido he silencio, y heme detenido: daré voces como la que está de parto; asolaré y devoraré juntamente.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Por muito tempo fiquei calado, quieto estive, e me retive; mas agora darei gritos como a que está de parto, suspirando e juntamente ofegando.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eu Me calei por um longo tempo, e tenho ainda Me contido; agora darei gritos como uma mulher que está em trabalho de parto; Eu gemerei e suspirarei ofegantemente.
📖 Isaiah 42:14 in Context
12Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.
13The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
14I 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.
15I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
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