Jeremiah 30:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

Can men give birth? Then why do I see them looking so pale and clutching their stomachs like women in labor?

Cross References

Nahum 2:10

Nineveh is doomed! Destroyed! Her people tremble with fear; their faces turn pale.

Joel 2:6

The very sight of them is frightening.

Jeremiah 4:31

I heard groaning and crying. Was it a woman giving birth to her first child? No, it was Jerusalem, gasping for breath and begging for help. “I'm dying!” she said. “They have murdered me.”

Isaiah 21:3

I'm in terrible pain like a woman giving birth. I'm shocked and hurt so much that I can't hear or see.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.

Hosea 13:13

You are like a senseless child who refuses to be born at the proper time.

Jeremiah 22:23

Those who live in the palace paneled with cedar will groan with pain like women giving birth.

Jeremiah 6:24

Then the people said, “Just hearing about them makes us tremble with fear, and we twist and turn in pain like a woman giving birth.”

Psalm 48:6

They trembled all over like women giving birth

Daniel 5:6

He was so frightened that his face turned pale, his knees started shaking, and his legs became weak.

Jeremiah 50:43

Ever since your king heard about this army, he has been weak with fear; he twists and turns in pain like a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 49:24

You people of Damascus have lost your courage, and in panic you turn to run, gripped by fear and pain.

Isaiah 29:22

The Lord who rescued Abraham has this to say about Jacob's descendants: “They will no longer be ashamed and disgraced.

Jeremiah 13:21

You once trusted them to help, but now I'll let them rule you. What do you say about that? You will be in pain like a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 48:41

Your cities and fortresses will be captured, and your warriors as fearful as women giving birth.

Jeremiah 49:22

An enemy will swoop down to attack you, like an eagle spreading its wings and circling over Bozrah. Your warriors will be as fearful as women giving birth.