Jeremiah 48:41 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴¹ “Qeriyoth shall be captured, and the strongholds seized. And the heart of the mighty men in Mo’aḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴¹ Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴¹ Kerioth [and the cities] shall be taken and the strongholds seized; and the hearts of the mighty warriors of Moab in that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs [in childbirth].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴¹ Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Common English Bible

⁴¹ The towns will be captured; the strongholds will be seized. On that day, the heart of every soldier from Moab will be like that of a woman in the throes of labor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴¹ Kerioth has been captured, and the fortifications have been taken. And in that day, the heart of the strong ones of Moab will be like the heart of a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 48:41 Cross References

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.

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 4:31

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!”

Jeremiah 4:9

“And in that day it shall be,” declares יהוה, “that the heart of the sovereign shall perish, and the heart of the heads. And the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets wonder.”

Jeremiah 48:24

and on Qeriyoth and on Botsrah, and on all the cities of the land of 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 50:37

“A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mixed peoples who are in her midst, and they shall become like women. A sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be plundered.

Jeremiah 50:43

“The sovereign of Baḇ

Jeremiah 51:30

The mighty men of Baḇ

Jeremiah 6:24

We have heard the report of it, our hands grow weak. Distress has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in labour.

Amos 2:2

“But I shall send fire upon Mo’aḇ

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.