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Galatians 4:27

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 27 For it is written: “Be glad, you barren woman who does not give birth; break into joyful shouting, you woman who does not have birth pains; for the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of her who has the husband.”+

Galatians 4:27

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 27 γέγραπται It has been written γάρ for Εὐφράνθητι, Be made well-minded, στεῖρα barren ἡ the (one) οὐ not τίκτουσα· giving birth; ῥῆξον break out καὶ and βόησον, make loud cry, ἡ the (one) οὐκ not ὠδίνουσα· having childbirth pains; ὅτι because πολλὰ many τὰ the τέκνα children τῆς of the ἐρήμου desolate μᾶλλον rather ἢ than τῆς of the ἐχούσης (one) having τὸν the ἄνδρα. male person.

Galatians 4:27

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 27 For it is written: “Be glad, you barren woman who does not give birth; break out and cry aloud, you woman who does not have childbirth pains; for the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than [those] of her who has the husband.”+

Galatians 4:27

The Bible in Living English
- 27 for it says “Jubilate, barren woman who bore no children; break loose and shout, you that felt no birth-pangs; because the deserted mother’s children outnumber those of the husbanded mother.”

Galatians 4:27

American Standard Version
- 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.

Galatians 4:27

The Emphasized Bible
- 27 For it is written—Be gladdened, O barren one! that wast not giving birth, Break forth and shout, thou that wast not in birth-pains,—Because more are the children of the deserted one Than of her that had the husband.

Galatians 4:27

King James Version
- 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.