Romans 8:22

The Scriptures 1998

For we know that all the creation groans together, and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.

Cross References

Psalm 48:6

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

Jeremiah 12:11

“They have laid it waste – a waste, it mourns to Me. All the land is laid waste, because no one takes it to heart.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and the plants of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, for the evil of those who dwell there, because they said, “He does not see our latter ending.”

Leviticus 26:35

‘As long as it lies waste it rests, for the time it did not rest on your Sabbaths when you dwelt in it.

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to every creature.

John 16:21

“The woman has grief when she is in labour, because her hour has come, but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the affliction, for joy that a man was born into the world.

Romans 8:20

For the creation was subjected to futility, not from choice, but because of Him who subjected it, in anticipation,

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in the belief, founded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the expectation of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed to every creature under the heaven, of which I, Sha’ul, became a servant,

Revelation 12:2

And being pregnant, she cried out in labour and in pain to give birth.