Ésaïe 26:17

Louis Segond

Comme une femme enceinte, sur le point d'accoucher, Se tord et crie au milieu de ses douleurs, Ainsi avons-nous été, loin de ta face, ô Eternel!

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Comme celle qui est enceinte est en travail, et crie dans ses tranchées, lorsqu'elle est prête d'enfanter; tels avons-nous été à cause de ton courroux, ô Eternel!

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Comme la femme enceinte, près d'enfanter, est en travail et crie dans ses douleurs, tels nous avons été, loin de ta face, ô Éternel!

Darby's French Translation
Comme une femme enceinte, près d'enfanter, est dans les douleurs et crie dans ses peines, ainsi nous avons été devant toi, ô Éternel:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 21:3, Psalms 48:6, Jeremiah 4:31, Jeremiah 6:24, Jeremiah 30:6, John 16:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:16 - in sorrow Exodus 5:23 - neither hast thou delivered 2 Kings 19:3 - for the children Isaiah 37:3 - for the Jeremiah 48:41 - as the heart Jeremiah 49:22 - the heart of the Lamentations 2:18 - heart Hosea 13:13 - for he Micah 4:9 - for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Like as a woman with child,.... By this simile are set forth the great distresses and afflictions the church of Christ will be in, before redemption and deliverance from the antichristian yoke comes:

[that] draweth near the time of her delivery; when her burden is great and very troublesome:

[is] in pain, [and] crieth out in her pangs; for her friends to come about her, and give her all the help and assistance they can:

so have we been in thy sight, O Lord; in great distress and trouble, and crying to him for salvation and deliverance, all which were well known unto him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Like as a woman with child ... - This verse is designed to state their griefs and sorrows during the time of their oppression in Babylon. The comparison used here is one that is very frequent in the sacred writings to represent any great suffering (see Psalms 48:6; Jeremiah 6:24; Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 49:24; Jeremiah 50:43; Micah 4:9-10).