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
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 Thessalonians 5:3
New King James Version
3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then (A)sudden destruction comes upon them, (B)as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
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