John 16:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

Then the LORD said to the woman, “You will suffer terribly when you give birth. But you will still desire your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Job 11:16

Your troubles will go away like water beneath a bridge,

Psalm 113:9

When a wife has no children, he blesses her with some, and she is happy. Shout praises to the LORD!

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.

Isaiah 66:7

Have you ever heard of a woman who gave birth to a child before having labour pains?

Micah 4:10

Keep on groaning with pain, you people of Jerusalem! If you escape from your city to the countryside, you will still be taken as prisoners to Babylonia. But later I will rescue you from your enemies.

Micah 4:9

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

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.”

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.