Verse Comparison: Isaiah 42:14
<< Isaiah 42:13 Isaiah 42:15 >> American Standard Version
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.Amplified® Bible
[Thus says the Lord] I have for a long time held My peace, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry out like a woman in travail, I will gasp and pant together.Contemporary English Version
For a long time, I, the LORD, have held my temper; now I will scream and groan like a woman giving birth.Darby English Version
Long time have I holden my peace; I have been still, I have restrained myself: I will cry like a woman that travaileth; I will blow and pant at once.Good News Bible
God says, "For a long time I kept silent; I did not answer my people. But now the time to act has come; I cry out like a woman in labor.King James 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.New American Standard Bible
"I have kept silent for a long time, I have kept still and restrained Myself. {Now} like a woman in labor I will groan, I will both gasp and pant.New International Version
"For a long time I have kept silent,
I have been quiet and held myself back.
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
I cry out, I gasp and pant.New King James Version
“ I have held My peace a long time,
I have been still and restrained Myself.
Now I will cry like a woman in labor,
I will pant and gasp at once.N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,"For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And will bring them all down as fugitives, Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice.Revised Standard Version
For a long time I have held my peace, I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in travail, I will gasp and pant.Young's Literal Translation
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.
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