Psalm 48:6
Christian Standard Bible
6 Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,(A)
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 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 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.
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 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 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 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 50:43
Christian Standard Bible
43 The king of Babylon has heard about them;
his hands have become weak.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.(A)
The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved.