Revelation 12:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

She was about to give birth, and she was crying because of the great pain.

Cross References

Revelation 12:4

With its tail, it dragged a third of the stars from the sky and threw them down to the earth. Then the dragon turned toward the woman, because it wanted to eat her child as soon as it was born.

Galatians 4:19

My children, I am in terrible pain until Christ may be seen living in you.

John 16:21

When a woman is about to give birth, she is in great pain. But after it is all over, she forgets the pain and is happy, because she has brought a child into the world.

Galatians 4:27

The Scriptures say about her, “You have never had children, but now you can be glad. You have never given birth, but now you can shout. Once you had no children, but now you will have more children than a woman who has been married for a long time.”

Micah 5:3

The Lord will abandon Israel only until this ruler is born, and the rest of his family returns to Israel.

Isaiah 53:11

By suffering, the servant will learn the true meaning of obeying the Lord. Although he is innocent, he will take the punishment for the sins of others, so that many of them will no longer be guilty.

Isaiah 54:1

Sing and shout, even though you have never had children! The Lord has promised that you will have more children than someone married for a long time.

Isaiah 26:17

Because of what you did to us, we suffered like a woman about to give birth.

Isaiah 66:6

Do you hear that noise in the city and those shouts coming from the temple? It is the Lord shouting as he punishes his enemies.

Micah 4:9

Jerusalem, why are you crying? Don't you have a king? Have your advisors gone? Are you suffering like a woman in childbirth?

Matthew 24:8

But this is just the beginning of troubles.