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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
New King James Version
Isaiah 26:17
New King James Version
17 As (A)a woman with child
Is in pain and cries out in her [a]pangs,
When she draws near the time of her delivery,
So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:17 sharp pains
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
New King James Version
Jeremiah 4:31
New King James Version
31 “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in [a]labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She (A)spreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is [b]weary
Because of murderers!’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:31 childbirth
- Jeremiah 4:31 faint
Jeremiah 6:24
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 6:24
English Standard Version
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
New King James Version
Jeremiah 6:24
New King James Version
24 We have heard the report of it;
Our hands grow feeble.
(A)Anguish has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in [a]labor.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:24 childbirth
Micah 4:9-10
English Standard Version
Micah 4:9-10
English Standard Version
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
New King James Version
Micah 4:9-10
New King James Version
9 Now why do you cry aloud?
(A)Is there no king in your midst?
Has your counselor perished?
For (B)pangs have seized you like a woman in [a]labor.
10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth,
O daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in birth pangs.
For now you shall go forth from the city,
You shall dwell in the field,
And to (C)Babylon you shall go.
There you shall be delivered;
There the (D)Lord will (E)redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.
Footnotes
- Micah 4:9 childbirth
John 16:21
English Standard Version
John 16:21
English Standard Version
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
New International Version
John 16:21
New International Version
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
New King James Version
John 16:21
New King James Version
21 (A)A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
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