King James Version
Isaiah 45:10 in the King James Version says “Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 45 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?”
Isaiah 45:10 · KJV
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
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?
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
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.
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto his father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“What begettest”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“What hast thou brought forth”
H2342properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e., (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; fi
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