Isaiah 45:10
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Isaiah 45:10 in other translations
| BSB | Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’” |
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| WEB | Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you given birth to?’” |
| ASV | Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou? |
| YLT | Woe to him who is saying to a father, ‘What dost thou beget?' Or to a wife, ‘What dost thou bring forth? |
| DARBY | Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? Or to his mother, What hast thou brought forth? |
| BBE | Cursed is he who says to a father, To what are you giving life? or to a woman, What are you in birth-pains with? |
| Webster | Woe to him that saith to his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? |
What does Isaiah 45:10 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 45:5-10
There is no God beside Jehovah. There is nothing done without him. He makes peace, put here for all good; and creates evil, not the evil of sin, but the evil of punishment. He is the Author of all that is true, holy, good, or happy; and evil, error, and misery, came into the world by his permission, through the wilful apostacy of his creatures, but are restrained and overruled to his righteous purpose. This doctrine…
Isaiah 45:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 45:10
- Malachi 1:6
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
- Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
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Context
- Isaiah 45:9
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
- Isaiah 45:10
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
- Isaiah 45:11
Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
Isaiah 45:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¡Ay del que dice al padre: ¿Por qué engendraste? y á la mujer: ¿Por qué pariste? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Malheur à celui qui dit à son père: Qu’as-tu engendré? et à sa mère: Qu’as-tu enfanté? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wehe dem, der zum Vater spricht: Warum zeugst du? und zum Weibe: Warum gebierst du? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Væ qui dicit patri: Quid generas? et mulieri: Quid parturis? |