Isaiah 26:18

King James Version

¹⁸We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

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Isaiah 26:18

English Standard Version

¹⁸    ^(A)we were pregnant, we writhed,
    but we have given birth to wind.
We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,
    and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.

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Isaiah 26:18

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We ^(A)gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were ^(B)inhabitants of the world ^[a]born.

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Isaiah 26:18 Lit fallen

Isaiah 26:18

New International Version

¹⁸We were with child, we writhed in labor,
but we gave birth^(A) to wind.
We have not brought salvation^(B) to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.^(C)