2 Esdras 16:39 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³⁹ Even so shall not the evils be slack to come upon the earth, and the world shall groan, and sorrows shall take hold of it on every side.

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Common English Bible

³⁹ A woman in the ninth month of pregnancy, when the hour for giving birth arrives, experiences great pains around her womb for two or three hours beforehand, but when the infant is ready to come forth from the womb she doesn’t delay for a moment.

Good News Translation (US Version)

³⁹ In the same way, the disasters that are coming on the earth will not be delayed, and the world will groan when it is caught in its labor pains.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

³⁹ even so the calamities won’t delay coming upon the earth. The world will groan, and sorrows will seize it on every side.

Good News Bible (Anglicised)

³⁹ In the same way, the disasters that are coming on the earth will not be delayed, and the world will groan when it is caught in its labour pains.

World English Bible British Edition

³⁹ even so the calamities won’t delay coming upon the earth. The world will groan, and sorrows will seize it on every side.

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

³⁹ so the calamities will not delay in coming upon the earth, and the world will groan, and pains will seize it on every side.

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