Jeremiah 6:24 - The Scriptures 1998

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ 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

²⁴ 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)

²⁴ 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

²⁴ 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

²⁴ 'We have heard of their fame. Our hands have become weakened. Tribulation has overtaken us, like the pains of a woman giving birth.'

Jeremiah 6:24 Cross References

Psalm 48:6

Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in labour,

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 28:19

As often as it passes through it shall take you, for it shall pass through every morning, and by day and by night. And it shall be only trembling to understand the message.”

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 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 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 48:41

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

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

Ezekiel 7:17

‘All hands go limp, and all knees become as water.

Daniel 5:9

Then Sovereign Bĕ

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the sound, Rottenness came into my bones. And I trembled within myself, That I might rest for the day of distress, To come upon the people who would attack us.

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.