Romans 8:20-22

Expanded Bible

²⁰ ·Everything God made [^LFor the creation] was ·changed to become useless [subjected to futility/meaninglessness; Gen. 3; Eccl. 1:2], not by its own wish but because God ·wanted [^Lsubjected] it ·and because all along there was this hope [yet with the hope…]: ²¹ that ·everything God made [the creation itself] would be set free from ·ruin [inevitable decay; ^Lthe slavery of decay] to have the ·freedom and glory [or glorious freedom] that belong to God’s children.

²² We know that ·everything God made [all creation] has been ·waiting until now in pain, like a woman ready to give birth [^Lgroaning with labor pains until now].