John 16:21
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21 (A)When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
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Psalm 113:9
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Jeremiah 30:6-7
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6 Ask now, and see,
can a man bear a child?
(A)Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach (B)like a woman in labor?
(C)Why has every face turned pale?
7 Alas! (D)That day is so great
(E)there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
yet he shall be saved out of it.
Isaiah 13:8
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8 They will be dismayed:
(A)pangs and agony will seize them;
(B)they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
their faces will be aflame.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then (A)sudden destruction will come upon them (B)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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Hosea 13:13-14
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13 (A)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
(B)at the opening of the womb.
14 (C)I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol;
(D)I shall redeem them from Death.[a]
(E)O (F)Death, where are your plagues?
(G)O (H)Sheol, where is your sting?
(I)Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:14 Or Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death?
Isaiah 26:16-18
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16 O Lord, (A)in distress they sought you;
they poured out a whispered prayer
when your discipline was upon them.
17 (B)Like a pregnant woman
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O Lord;
18 (C)we were pregnant, we writhed,
but we have given birth to wind.
We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
Revelation 12:2-5
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2 She was pregnant and (A)was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great (B)red dragon, (C)with seven heads and (D)ten horns, and on his heads (E)seven diadems. 4 His tail swept down (F)a third of the stars of heaven and (G)cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child (H)he might devour it. 5 She gave birth to a male child, (I)one who is to rule[a] all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was (J)caught up to God and to his throne,
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- Revelation 12:5 Greek shepherd
Micah 4:10
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10 (A)Writhe and groan,[a] O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for (B)now you shall go out from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you (C)shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
(D)there the Lord will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies.
Footnotes
- Micah 4:10 Or push
Galatians 4:27
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27 For it is written,
(A)“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband.”
Luke 1:57-58
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The Birth of John the Baptist
57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. 58 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord (A)had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
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1 Samuel 1:26-27
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26 And she said, “Oh, my lord! (A)As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord. 27 For this child I prayed, (B)and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.
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Genesis 30:23-24
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23 She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away (A)my reproach.” 24 And she called his name Joseph,[a] saying, (B)“May the Lord add to me another son!”
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- Genesis 30:24 Joseph means May he add, and sounds like the Hebrew for taken away
Genesis 21:6-7
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6 And Sarah said, (A)“God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.” 7 And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? (B)Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
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Genesis 3:16
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16 To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
(A)in pain you shall bring forth children.
(B)Your desire shall be contrary to[a] your husband,
but he shall (C)rule over you.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:16 Or shall be toward (see 4:7)
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