Isaiah 26:16
Isaiah 26:16-18 The Message (MSG)
O GOD, they begged you for help when they were in trouble, when your discipline was so heavy they could barely whisper a prayer. Like a woman having a baby, writhing in distress, screaming her pain as the baby is being born, That’s how we were because of you, O GOD. We were pregnant full-term. We writhed in labor but bore no baby. We gave birth to wind. Nothing came of our labor. We produced nothing living. We couldn’t save the world.
Isaiah 26:16 King James Version (KJV)
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Isaiah 26:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
O LORD, they sought You in distress; They could only whisper a prayer, Your chastening was upon them.
Isaiah 26:16 New Century Version (NCV)
LORD, people remember you when they are in trouble; they say quiet prayers to you when you punish them.
Isaiah 26:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Isaiah 26:16 New International Version (NIV)
LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
Isaiah 26:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.
Isaiah 26:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
O LORD, they sought You in distress; They managed only a prayerful whisper When Your discipline was upon them.
Isaiah 26:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
LORD, in distress we searched for you. We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline.