Jeremiah 6:24

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁴We have heard about it,
and we are discouraged.^[a]
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in^(A) labor.^(B)

Jeremiah 6:24

New International Version

²⁴We have heard reports about them,
and our hands hang limp.^(A)
Anguish^(B) has gripped us,
pain like that of a woman in labor.^(C)

⁴³The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands fall helpless.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.^(A)

⁴³The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands hang limp.^(A)
Anguish has gripped him,
pain like that of a woman in labor.^(B)

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

New International Version (NIV)