Danger awaits one who says ¹  to his father, “What in the world ²  are you fathering?” and to his mother, “What in the world are you bringing forth?” ³ 

biblegateway Isa 45:10

"Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to a woman, ‘To what are you giving birth?’"

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 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?"

biblegateway Isa 45:10

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought to birth?’

Woe to him who says to a father, 'What are you begetting?' or to a woman, 'With what are you in labor?'"

bibleoremus Isa 45:10

Woe to anyone who says to a father, "What are you begetting?" or to a woman, "With what are you in labor?"

Will the child say to his father, “What are you begetting?” or to his mother, “What are you bringing to birth?”

biblegateway Isa 45:10

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’"

Woe unto him that saith unto [his] father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

biblegateway Isa 45:10

Danger awaits one who says ¹  to his father, “What in the world ²  are you fathering?” and to his mother, “What in the world are you bringing forth?” ³ 

¹ tn Heb “Woe [to] one who says” (NASB and NIV both similar); NCV “How terrible it will be.”

² tn See the note at v. 9. This phrase occurs a second time later in this verse.

³ sn Verses 9-10 may allude to the exiles’ criticism that the Lord does not appear to know what he is doing.