Isaiah 26:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained—she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.

King James Bible
Like as a woman with child, [that] draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, [and] crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.

Hebrew
As
כְּמ֤וֹ (kə·mōw)
Preposition
Strong's 3644: Like, as, when

a woman with child
הָרָה֙ (hā·rāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 2030: Pregnant

[and] about
תַּקְרִ֣יב (taq·rîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

to give birth
לָלֶ֔דֶת (lā·le·ḏeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

writhes
תָּחִ֥יל (tā·ḥîl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

and cries out
תִּזְעַ֖ק (tiz·‘aq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publicly

in pain,
בַּחֲבָלֶ֑יהָ (ba·ḥă·ḇā·le·hā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin

that is how
כֵּ֛ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

we were
הָיִ֥ינוּ (hā·yî·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

in Your presence,
מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ (mip·pā·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

O LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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