Psalm 48:6
Christian Standard Bible
6 Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,(A)
Psalm 48:6
New International Version
Psalm 48:6
King James Version
6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
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Isaiah 13:8
Christian Standard Bible
8 They will be horrified;
pain and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.(A)
They will look at each other,
their faces flushed with fear.
Isaiah 13:8
New International Version
Isaiah 13:8
King James Version
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
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Isaiah 21:3
Christian Standard Bible
3 Therefore I am[a] filled with anguish.
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.(A)
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
Footnotes
- 21:3 Lit my waist is, or my insides are
Isaiah 21:3
New International Version
Isaiah 21:3
King James Version
3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
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Isaiah 42:14
Christian Standard Bible
14 “I have kept silent from ages past;
I have been quiet and restrained myself.(A)
But now, I will groan like a woman in labor,(B)
gasping breathlessly.
Isaiah 42:14
New International Version
Isaiah 42:14
King James Version
14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
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Jeremiah 4:31
Christian Standard Bible
31 I hear a cry like a woman in labor,(A)
a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child.
The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands:(B)
“Woe is me, for my life is weary
because of the murderers!”
Jeremiah 4:31
King James Version
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
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Jeremiah 6:24
Christian Standard Bible
24 We have heard about it,
and our hands have become weak.
Distress has seized us—
pain, like a woman in labor.(A)
Jeremiah 6:24
New International Version
Jeremiah 6:24
King James Version
24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
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Jeremiah 13:21
Christian Standard Bible
The Destiny of Jerusalem
21 What will you say when he appoints
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you,(A)
as they do a woman in labor?
Jeremiah 13:21
New International Version
Jeremiah 13:21
King James Version
21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
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Jeremiah 22:23
Christian Standard Bible
23 You residents of Lebanon,
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan[a] when pains come on you,
agony like a woman in labor.(A)
Footnotes
- 22:23 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads will be pitied
Jeremiah 22:23
New International Version
Jeremiah 22:23
King James Version
23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
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Jeremiah 30:6
Christian Standard Bible
6 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 labor
and every face turned pale?(A)
Jeremiah 30:6
New International Version
Jeremiah 30:6
King James Version
6 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?
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