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Isaiah 26:17
English Standard Version
Isaiah 26:17
English Standard Version
17 (A)Like a pregnant woman
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O Lord;
Isaiah 26:17
New International Version
Isaiah 26:17
New International Version
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth(A)
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, Lord.
Isaiah 26:17
King James Version
Isaiah 26:17
King James Version
17 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.
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Jeremiah 4:31
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Jeremiah 4:31
English Standard Version
31 For I heard (A)a cry as of a woman in labor,
anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,
(B)stretching out her hands,
“Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”
Jeremiah 4:31
King James Version
Jeremiah 4:31
King James Version
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
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Jeremiah 6:24
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Jeremiah 6:24
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24 We have heard the report of it;
(A)our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
(B)pain as of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 6:24
New International Version
Jeremiah 6:24
New International Version
Jeremiah 6:24
King James Version
Jeremiah 6:24
King James Version
24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
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Micah 4:9-10
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Micah 4:9-10
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9 Now why do you cry aloud?
(A)Is there no king in you?
(B)Has your counselor perished,
that (C)pain seized you like a woman in labor?
10 (D)Writhe and groan,[a] O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for (E)now you shall go out from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you (F)shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
(G)there the Lord will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies.
Footnotes
- Micah 4:10 Or push
Micah 4:9-10
New International Version
Micah 4:9-10
New International Version
9 Why do you now cry aloud—
have you no king[a](A)?
Has your ruler[b] perished,
that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?(B)
10 Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;(C)
there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem(D) you
out of the hand of your enemies.
Micah 4:9-10
King James Version
Micah 4:9-10
King James Version
9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
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John 16:21
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John 16:21
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21 (A)When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
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John 16:21
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John 16:21
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21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain(A) because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.
John 16:21
King James Version
John 16:21
King James Version
21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
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