Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 2814 [e] הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙ he-ḥĕ-šê-ṯî I have held My peace V-Hifil-Perf-1cs 5769 [e] מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם mê-‘ō-w-lām, a long time Prep-m | N-ms 2790 [e] אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ ’a-ḥă-rîš I have been still V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs 662 [e] אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק ’eṯ-’ap-pāq; and restrained Myself V-Hitpael-Imperf-1cs 3205 [e] כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֣ה kay-yō-w-lê-ḏāh like a woman in labor Prep-k, Art | V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs 6463 [e] אֶפְעֶ֔ה ’ep̄-‘eh, [Now] I will cry V-Qal-Imperf-1cs 5395 [e] אֶשֹּׁ֥ם ’eš-šōm I will pant V-Qal-Imperf-1cs 7602 [e] וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף wə-’eš-’ap̄ and gasp Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjImperf-1cs 3162 [e] יָֽחַד׃ yā-ḥaḏ. at once Adv

New American Standard Bible
"I have kept silent for a long time, I have kept still and restrained Myself. Now like a woman in labor I will groan, I will both gasp and pant.

King James Bible
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I have kept silent from ages past; I have been quiet and restrained Myself. But now, I will groan like a woman in labor, gasping breathlessly.

long time

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Psalm 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.

Psalm 83:1,2 Keep not you silence, O God: hold not your peace, and be not still, O God…

Ecclesiastes 8:11,12 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore …

Jeremiah 15:6 You have forsaken me, said the LORD, you are gone backward: therefore …

Jeremiah 44:22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your …

Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night to …

2 Peter 3:9,10,15 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; …

devour. Heb. swallow, or sup up

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