Isaiah 26:17
New American Standard Bible
17 (A)As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains;
This is how we were before You, Lord.
Isaiah 26:17
New International Version
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth(A)
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, Lord.
Jeremiah 4:31
New American Standard Bible
31 For I heard a voice cry as of a woman in labor,
The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child.
The voice of the daughter of Zion (A)gasping for breath,
(B)Stretching out her [a]hands, saying,
“Ah, woe to me, for [b]I faint before murderers.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:31 Lit palms
- Jeremiah 4:31 Lit my soul faints
John 16:21
New American Standard Bible
21 (A)Whenever a woman is in labor she has [a]pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a [b]child has been born into the world.
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- John 16:21 Lit grief
- John 16:21 Lit human being
John 16:21
New International Version
21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain(A) because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.
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