As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pains, so we were before you, Lord.
Revelation 12:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised She was pregnant and cried out in labour and agony as she was about to give birth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She was pregnant and she cried out in her birth pangs, in the anguish of her delivery. American Standard Version (1901) and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered. Common English Bible She was pregnant, and she cried out because she was in labor, in pain from giving birth. Catholic Public Domain Version And being with child, she cried out while giving birth, and she was suffering in order to give birth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered. |
As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pains, so we were before you, Lord.
After his anguish, he will see light and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many, and he will carry their iniquities.
‘Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth; burst into song and shout, you who have not been in labour! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of the married woman,’ says the Lord.
A sound of uproar from the city! A voice from the temple – the voice of the Lord, paying back his enemies what they deserve!
Now, why are you shouting loudly? Is there no king with you? Has your counsellor perished, so that anguish grips you like a woman in labour?
Therefore, Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labour has given birth; then the rest of the ruler’s brothers will return to the people of Israel.
When a woman is in labour, she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.
My children, I am again suffering labour pains for you until Christ is formed in you.
For it is written, Rejoice, childless woman, unable to give birth. Burst into song and shout, you who are not in labour, for the children of the desolate woman will be many, more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband. ,
Its tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth it might devour her child.