Isaiah 26:17
English Standard Version Anglicised
17 (A)Like a pregnant woman
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O 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
English Standard Version Anglicised
31 For I heard (A)a cry as of a woman in labour,
anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,
(B)stretching out her hands,
“Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”
Jeremiah 6:24
English Standard Version Anglicised
24 We have heard the report of it;
(A)our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
(B)pain as of a woman in labour.
Jeremiah 6:24
New International Version
Micah 4:9-10
English Standard Version Anglicised
9 Now why do you cry aloud?
(A)Is there no king in you?
(B)Has your counsellor perished,
that (C)pain seized you like a woman in labour?
10 (D)Writhe and groan,[a] O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labour,
for (E)now you shall go out from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you (F)shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
(G)there the Lord will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies.
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Micah 4:9-10
New International Version
9 Why do you now cry aloud—
have you no king[a](A)?
Has your ruler[b] perished,
that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?(B)
10 Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;(C)
there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem(D) you
out of the hand of your enemies.
John 16:21
English Standard Version Anglicised
21 (A)When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
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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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