Therefore I am filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labour. I am too perplexed to hear, too dismayed to see.
Jeremiah 30:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Ask and see whether a male can give birth. Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labour and every face turned pale? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Ask now and see whether a man can give birth to a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor? Why are all faces turned pale? American Standard Version (1901) Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Common English Bible Ask and see: Can men bear children? Then why do I see every man bent over in pain, as if he’s in labor? Why have all turned pale? Catholic Public Domain Version Inquire and see, does a male give birth? Then why have I seen every man with his hand on his lower back, like a woman bearing a child? And why have all of their faces turned pale? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ask ye, and see if a man bear children? Why then have I seen every man with his hands on his loins, like a woman in labour, and all faces are turned yellow? |
Therefore I am filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labour. I am too perplexed to hear, too dismayed to see.
Therefore, the Lord who redeemed Abraham says this about the house of Jacob: Jacob will no longer be ashamed, and his face will no longer be pale.
What will you say when he appoints close friends as leaders over you, ones you yourself trained? Won’t labour pains seize you, as they do a woman in labour?
You residents of Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when pains come on you, agony like a woman in labour.
I hear a cry like a woman in labour, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child. The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: ‘Woe is me, for my life is weary because of the murderers! ’
The towns have been captured, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.
Look! It will be like an eagle soaring upwards, then swooping down and spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.
Damascus has become weak; she has turned to run; panic has gripped her. Distress and labour pains have seized her like a woman in labour.
The king of Babylon has heard about them; his hands have become weak. Distress has seized him – pain, like a woman in labour.
We have heard about it, and our hands have become weak. Distress has seized us – pain, like a woman in labour.
his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that he soiled himself and his knees knocked together.
Labour pains come on him. He is not a wise son; when the time comes, he will not be born. ,
Desolation, decimation, devastation! Hearts melt, knees tremble, insides churn, every face grows pale!
When they say, ‘Peace and security’, then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labour pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.