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Psalm 48:6
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Psalm 48:6
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6 Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,(A)
Psalm 48:6
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Psalm 48:6
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Psalm 48:6
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Psalm 48:6
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6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
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Isaiah 13:8
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Isaiah 13:8
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8 They will be horrified;
pain and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.(A)
They will look at each other,
their faces flushed with fear.
Isaiah 13:8
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Isaiah 13:8
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Isaiah 13:8
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Isaiah 13:8
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8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
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Isaiah 21:3
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Isaiah 21:3
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3 Therefore I am[a] filled with anguish.
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.(A)
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
Footnotes
- 21:3 Lit my waist is, or my insides are
Isaiah 21:3
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Isaiah 21:3
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Isaiah 21:3
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Isaiah 21:3
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3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
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Isaiah 42:14
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Isaiah 42:14
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14 “I have kept silent from ages past;
I have been quiet and restrained myself.(A)
But now, I will groan like a woman in labor,(B)
gasping breathlessly.
Isaiah 42:14
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Isaiah 42:14
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Isaiah 42:14
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Isaiah 42:14
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14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
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Jeremiah 4:31
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Jeremiah 4:31
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31 I hear a cry like a woman in labor,(A)
a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child.
The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands:(B)
“Woe is me, for my life is weary
because of the murderers!”
Jeremiah 4:31
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Jeremiah 4:31
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31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
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Jeremiah 6:24
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Jeremiah 6:24
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24 We have heard about it,
and our hands have become weak.
Distress has seized us—
pain, like a woman in labor.(A)
Jeremiah 6:24
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Jeremiah 6:24
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Jeremiah 6:24
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Jeremiah 6:24
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24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
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Jeremiah 22:23
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Jeremiah 22:23
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23 You residents of Lebanon,
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan[a] when pains come on you,
agony like a woman in labor.(A)
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- 22:23 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads will be pitied
Jeremiah 22:23
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Jeremiah 22:23
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Jeremiah 22:23
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Jeremiah 22:23
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23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
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Jeremiah 30:6
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Jeremiah 30:6
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6 Ask and see
whether a male can give birth.
Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor
and every face turned pale?(A)
Jeremiah 30:6
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Jeremiah 30:6
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Jeremiah 30:6
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Jeremiah 30:6
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6 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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Jeremiah 50:43
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Jeremiah 50:43
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43 The king of Babylon has heard about them;
his hands have become weak.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.(A)
Jeremiah 50:43
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Jeremiah 50:43
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Jeremiah 50:43
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Jeremiah 50:43
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43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
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