Jeremiah 6:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “We have heard news of them; our hands fall helpless; anguish has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in labor. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition We have heard the report of it; our hands become feeble and helpless. Anguish has taken hold of us, pangs like that of a woman in childbirth. American Standard Version (1901) We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail. Common English Bible We have heard reports of them and are panic-stricken; distress overwhelms us, pain like that of a woman in labor. Catholic Public Domain Version 'We have heard of their fame. Our hands have become weakened. Tribulation has overtaken us, like the pains of a woman giving birth.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version We have heard the fame thereof, our hands grow feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, as a woman in labor. |
Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
As often as it passes through, it will take you, for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night, and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.”
What will you say when they set as head over you those whom you have trained to be your allies? Will not pangs seize you like those of a woman in labor?
O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!
Ask now and see: Can a man bear a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor? Why has every face turned pale?
For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor, anguish as of one bringing forth her first child, the cry of daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands, “Woe is me! I am fainting before killers!”
the towns shall be taken and the strongholds seized. The hearts of the warriors of Moab, on that day, shall be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Damascus has become feeble; she turned to flee, and panic seized her; anguish and pangs seize her, as of a woman in labor.
The king of Babylon heard news of them, and his hands fell helpless; anguish seized him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
Then King Belshazzar became greatly terrified, and his face turned pale, and his lords were perplexed.
I hear, and I tremble within; my lips quiver at the sound. Rottenness enters into my bones, and my steps tremble beneath me. I wait quietly for the day of calamity to come upon the people who attack us.
When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!