Jeremiah 4:31 - The Scriptures 1998

³¹ For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labour, the distress as of her who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Tsiyon! She bewails herself, she spreads out her hands, saying, “Woe to me, for my being faints because of murderers!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ For I have heard a cry as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of one who brings forth her first child–the cry of the Daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! I am fainting before the murderers.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.

Common English Bible

³¹ I hear the cry of a woman in labor, the distress of one delivering her first child. It is the cry of Daughter Zion, gasping for breath, her arms stretched out, and moaning, “I’m about to fall into the hands of murderers!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ For I have heard a voice, like that of a woman giving birth, during the difficulties of labor. It is the voice of the daughter of Zion, dying, extending her hands: 'Woe to me! For my soul is failing because of those who have been slain!' "

Jeremiah 4:31 Cross References

Genesis 27:46

And Riḇ

Job 10:1

“My being has grown weary of life. I let loose my complaint, I speak in the bitterness of my being.

Psalm 120:5

Woe to me for I have sojourned in Mesheḵ

Isaiah 1:15

“And when you spread out your hands, I hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I do not hear. Your hands have become filled with blood.

Isaiah 13:8

and they shall be afraid. Pangs and sorrows take hold of them, they are in pain as a woman in labour; they are amazed at one another, their faces aflame!

Isaiah 21:3

Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labour. I was distressed when I heard it; I was troubled when I saw it.

Isaiah 26:17

As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so shall we be before Your face, O יהוה.

Isaiah 42:14

“I have kept silent from of old, I have been still and held Myself back. Like a woman in labour I now cry out, I pant and gasp at once.

Isaiah 6:5

And I said, “Woe to me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips – for my eyes have seen the Sovereign, יהוה  of hosts.”

Jeremiah 10:19

Woe to me for my breaking! My wound is grievous, but I say, “This is my sickness, and I bear it.

Jeremiah 13:21

What would you say when He visits you? For you have taught them to be chiefs, to be head over you. Do not pangs seize you, like a woman in labour?

Jeremiah 14:18

‘If I go out to the field, then see those slain with the sword! And if I enter the city, then see those sick from scarcity of food! For both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”

Jeremiah 15:18

Why is my pain without end and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Are You to me like a failing stream, as waters not steadfast?

Jeremiah 18:21

So give their children over to scarcity of food, and hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become widows and bereaved of their children. Let their men be put to death, their young men be smitten by the sword in battle.

Jeremiah 22:23

“You who dwell in Leḇ

Jeremiah 30:6

‘Ask now, and see if a man is giving birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labour, and all faces turned pale?

Jeremiah 45:2

“Thus said יהוה, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 48:41

“Qeriyoth shall be captured, and the strongholds seized. And the heart of the mighty men in Mo’aḇ

Jeremiah 49:22

See, like an eagle he flies up, and spreads his wings over Botsrah. And the heart of the mighty men of Eḏ

Jeremiah 49:24

“Damascus has become feeble, she has turned to flee, and trembling has seized her. Distress and pain have taken hold of her like a woman in labour.

Jeremiah 50:43

“The sovereign of Baḇ

Jeremiah 6:2

“I shall cut off the lovely and delicate one, the daughter of Tsiyon.

Lamentations 1:17

Tsiyon spreads out her hands, There is no comforter for her. יהוה  has commanded concerning Yaʽ

Lamentations 1:20

“See, O יהוה, that I am in distress. My inward parts are boiling up, My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very rebellious. From without the sword has bereaved, At home it is like death.

Lamentations 2:21

“Young and old lie on the ground in the streets. My maidens and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your displeasure, You have slaughtered without compassion.

Hosea 13:13

“Pains of a woman in labour shall come upon him. He is not a wise son, for it is not the time that he should delay at the breaking forth of children.

Micah 4:10

Be in pain, and deliver, O daughter of Tsiyon, like a woman in labour. For now you are to leave the city, and you shall dwell in the field. And you shall go to Baḇ

Micah 4:9

Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no sovereign in you? Has your counsellor perished? For pain has gripped you like a woman in labour.

Micah 7:1

Woe to me! For I am as gatherings of summer fruit, as gleanings of the grape harvest. There is no cluster to eat. My being has desired the first-ripe fruit.

Matthew 21:5

“Say to the daughter of Tsiyon, ‘See, your Sovereign is coming to you, meek, and sitting on a donkey, even a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”

1 Corinthians 9:16

For if I bring the Good News, it is no boasting for me, for necessity is laid on me, and it is woe to me if I do not bring the Good News!

1 Thessalonians 5:3

For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then suddenly destruction comes upon them, as labour pains upon a pregnant woman, and they shall not escape.