He said to the woman: I will intensify your labour pains; you will bear children with painful effort. Your desire will be for your husband, yet he will rule over you.
Jeremiah 49:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee, and terror and panic have seized her; anguish and sorrow have taken hold of her, like a woman in childbirth. American Standard Version (1901) Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail. Common English Bible Damascus staggers about; she tries to flee, but panic overwhelms her. She’s gripped by anguish and pain, like a woman in labor. Catholic Public Domain Version Damascus has been broken. She has been turned to flight. Trembling has taken hold of her. Anguish and sorrows have seized her, like a woman giving birth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Damascus is undone: she is put to flight; trembling hath seized on her. Anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in labour. |
He said to the woman: I will intensify your labour pains; you will bear children with painful effort. Your desire will be for your husband, yet he will rule over you.
They will be horrified; pain and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labour. They will look at each other, their faces flushed with fear.
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?
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.
They will take their tents and their flocks along with their tent curtains and all their equipment. They will take their camels for themselves. They will call out to them, ‘Terror is on every side! ’
I will devastate Elam before their enemies, before those who intend to take their lives. I will bring disaster on them, my burning anger. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will send the sword after them until I finish them off.
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.
Labour pains come on him. He is not a wise son; when the time comes, he will not be born. ,
For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.