Psalm 48:5-6
New King James Version
5 They saw it, and so they marveled;
They were troubled, they hastened away.
6 Fear (A)took hold of them there,
And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,
Isaiah 13:8
New King James Version
8 And they will be afraid.
(A)Pangs[a] and sorrows will take hold of them;
They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth;
They will be amazed at one another;
Their faces will be like flames.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:8 Sharp pains
Isaiah 21:3
New King James Version
3 Therefore (A)my loins are filled with pain;
(B)Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor.
I was [a]distressed when I heard it;
I was dismayed when I saw it.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:3 Lit. bowed
Isaiah 26:17
New King James Version
17 As (A)a woman with child
Is in pain and cries out in her [a]pangs,
When she draws near the time of her delivery,
So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:17 sharp pains
Jeremiah 4:31
New King James Version
31 “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in [a]labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She (A)spreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is [b]weary
Because of murderers!’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:31 childbirth
- Jeremiah 4:31 faint
Jeremiah 6:24
New King James Version
24 We have heard the report of it;
Our hands grow feeble.
(A)Anguish has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in [a]labor.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:24 childbirth
Micah 4:9
New King James Version
9 Now why do you cry aloud?
(A)Is there no king in your midst?
Has your counselor perished?
For (B)pangs have seized you like a woman in [a]labor.
Footnotes
- Micah 4:9 childbirth
1 Timothy 2:15
New King James Version
15 Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.
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