Ask now, and see,
Whether a [a]man is ever in [b]labor with child?
So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins
(A)Like a woman in labor,
And all faces turned pale?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 30:6 Lit. male can give birth
  2. Jeremiah 30:6 childbirth

Ask now, and see
If a male can give birth.
Why do I see every man
With his hands on his waist, (A)as a woman in childbirth?
And why have all faces turned pale?

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‘Ask now, and see
Whether a man can give birth [to a child].
Why then do I see every man
With his hands on his [a]loins, as a woman in labor?
Why have all faces turned pale?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 30:6 The midsection of the body between the lower ribs and the hips.

Ask and see:
    Can a man bear children?
Then why do I see every strong man
    with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor,(A)
    every face turned deathly pale?(B)

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Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

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