Revelation 12:2

New American Bible - revised edition

She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.

Cross References

Isaiah 26:17

As a woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we before you, Lord.

Isaiah 53:11

Because of his anguish he shall see the light; because of his knowledge he shall be content; My servant, the just one, shall justify the many, their iniquity he shall bear.

Isaiah 54:1

Raise a glad cry, you barren one who never bore a child, break forth in jubilant song, you who have never been in labor, For more numerous are the children of the deserted wife than the children of her who has a husband, says the Lord.

Isaiah 66:6

A voice roaring from the city, a voice from the temple; The voice of the Lord rendering recompense to his enemies!

Micah 4:9

Now why do you cry out so? Are you without a king? Or has your adviser perished, That you are seized with pains like a woman in labor?

Micah 5:3

He shall take his place as shepherd by the strength of the Lord, by the majestic name of the Lord, his God; And they shall dwell securely, for now his greatness shall reach to the ends of the earth:

Matthew 24:8

All these are the beginning of the labor pains.

John 16:21

When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

Galatians 4:19

My children, for whom I am again in labor until Christ be formed in you!

Galatians 4:27

For it is written: “Rejoice, you barren one who bore no children; break forth and shout, you who were not in labor; for more numerous are the children of the deserted one than of her who has a husband.”

Revelation 12:4

Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth.