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Woe unto him that saith unto his father, ‘What begettest thou?’ or to the woman, ‘What hast thou brought forth?’
Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who says to a father, ‘What are you fathering?’ Or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
Woe to him [who complains against his parents that they have begotten him] who says to a father, What are you begetting? or to a woman, With what are you in travail?
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Woe to the one who says to his father, ‘What are you fathering?’ or to his mother, ‘What are you giving birth to?’”
Doom to one who says to a father, “What have you fathered?” and to a woman, “With what are you in labor?”
Woe to him who asks a father, “Of what are you the father?” or who asks a woman, “To what are you giving birth?”
Children don't have the right to demand of their parents, “What have you done to make us what we are?”
Woe unto him that saith unto [his] father, What begettest thou? Or to [his] mother, What hast thou brought forth?
Woe to him that saith to his father: Why begettest thou? and to the woman: Why dost thou bring forth?
A father gives life to his children, and they cannot ask, ‘Why are you giving me life?’ They cannot question their mother and ask, ‘Why are you giving birth to me?’”
It will be very bad for people who say to their fathers, ‘What kind of child have you become a father to?’ And it will be bad for people who say to their mothers, ‘What kind of baby are you giving birth to?’
Woe to anyone who says to his father, “What have you fathered?” or to a woman, “What are you giving birth to?”
Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labour?’”
·How terrible it will be for [L Woe to] the child who says to his father, ‘·Why are you giving me life [or What have you fathered]?’ ·How terrible it will be for [L Woe to] the child who says to his mother, ‘·Why are you giving birth to me [or What have you given birth to]?’”
Woe unto him that saith to his father, What hast thou begotten? or to his mother, What hast thou brought forth?
How horrible it will be for the one who says to his father, “Why did you conceive me?” or to his mother, “Why did you go through labor pains for me?”
Do we dare say to our parents, “Why did you make me like this?”
How absurd is the one who says to his father, ‘What are you fathering?’ or to his mother, ‘What are you giving birth to?’”
How terrible it will be for the child who says to his father, ‘Why are you giving me life?’ How terrible it will be for the child who says to his mother, ‘Why are you giving birth to me?’”
Woe to the one who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘To what are you giving birth?’!”
Woe unto him that says unto his father, Why dost thou beget? or to the woman, Why hast thou brought forth?
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor pains?’”
Woe to the one who says to a father, ‘What you are begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
Woe to the baby just being born who squalls to his father and mother, “Why have you produced me? Can’t you do anything right at all?”
“Open up, heavens, and rain. Clouds, pour out buckets of my goodness! Loosen up, earth, and bloom salvation; sprout right living. I, God, generate all this. But doom to you who fight your Maker— you’re a pot at odds with the potter! Does clay talk back to the potter: ‘What are you doing? What clumsy fingers!’ Would a sperm say to a father, ‘Who gave you permission to use me to make a baby?’ Or a fetus to a mother, ‘Why have you cooped me up in this belly?’”
Woe to him who says to his father, “What are you begetting?” Or to the woman, “To what are you giving birth?”
How horrible it will be for the one who says to his father, “Why did you conceive me?” or to his mother, “Why did you go through labor pains for me?”
Woe to anyone who asks a father, “What are you begetting?” or a woman, “What are you giving birth to?”
Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you fathering?’ Or to a woman, ‘To what are you giving birth?’”
“Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to a woman, ‘To what are you giving birth?’”
Woe to anyone who asks a father, “What are you begetting?” or who says to a mother, “To what have you given birth?”
How terrible it will be for the child who says to his father, ‘Why are you giving me life?’ How terrible it will be for the child who says to his mother, ‘Why are you giving birth to me?’”
Danger awaits one who says to his father, “What in the world are you fathering?” and to his mother, “What in the world are you bringing forth?”
How terrible it will be for anyone who says to a father, “Why did you give me life?” How terrible for anyone who says to a mother, “Why have you brought me into the world?”
Woe to the one who says to a father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you brought to birth?’
Woe to the one who says to a father, “What have you begotten?” or to a mother, “What have you brought to birth?”
Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”
It is bad for him who says to his father, ‘To what are you giving life?’ or to a woman, ‘To what are you giving birth?’”
How terrible it would be if a newborn baby said to its father, ‘Why was I born?’ or if it said to its mother, ‘Why did you make me this way?’”
Woe to anyone who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labour?’
Woe to anyone who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labour?’
Woe to anyone who says to a father, “What are you begetting?” or to a woman, “With what are you in labor?”
Woe to anyone who says to a father, “What are you fathering?” or to a woman, “With what are you in labor?”
Woe unto him that saith unto his Av, What begettest thou? Or to the isha, What hast thou given birth to?
Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in travail?’”
Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in travail?’”
Oy, to him who says to his father, “What have you begotten?” Or to a woman, “What have you born?”
It’s as idiotic as asking a mother or father, “What are you birthing or begetting?”
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?’”
Woe to him that saith to the father, What engenderest thou? and to a woman, What childest thou? (Woe to him who saith to his father, Why didest thou begat me? and to his mother, Why hast thou given birth to me?)
Wo [to] him who is saying to a father, `What dost thou beget?' Or to a wife, `What dost thou bring forth?
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