For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

民要攻打民，国要攻打国；多处必有地震、饥荒。这都是灾难的起头。

民要攻打民，国要攻打国，多处必有地震、饥荒。这都是灾难的起头。

民要攻打民，国要攻打国，多处必有地震、饥荒。这都是灾难的起头。

“民族将与民族互斗，国家将与国家相争，各处将有地震和饥荒。这些只是灾难的开始。

一个民族要起来攻打另一个民族，一个国家要起来攻打另一个国家，到处要有地震，有饥荒，这些不过是痛苦的开始。

一个民族要起来反对另一个民族，一个国家要起来反对另一个国家；到处都会有地震和饥荒。这些都像临产阵痛的开始。

民要攻打民，國要攻打國；多處必有地震、饑荒。這都是災難的起頭。

民要攻打民，國要攻打國，多處必有地震、饑荒。這都是災難的起頭。

民要攻打民，國要攻打國，多處必有地震、饑荒。這都是災難的起頭。

「民族將與民族互鬥，國家將與國家相爭，各處將有地震和饑荒。這些只是災難的開始。

一個民族要起來攻打另一個民族，一個國家要起來攻打另一個國家，到處要有地震，有饑荒，這些不過是痛苦的開始。

因為外邦必起來攻打外邦；國必攻打國；許多地方必有地震，有饑荒：這些事只是災難的起頭。

一個民族要起來反對另一個民族，一個國家要起來反對另一個國家；到處都會有地震和饑荒。這些都像臨產陣痛的開始。

民將攻民、國將攻國、隨在地震、饑饉、斯乃劬勞之始也、○

民將攻民、國亦攻國、地震、饑饉、變亂、隨在皆然、此災害之始也、

民將攻民、國將攻國、隨處有地震、亦有饑饉變亂、凡此乃災禍之始、

將見民與民爭、國與國鬥、饑饉地震、觸處皆然。此猶為苦痛之始耳。

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

Nation will fight against nation. Kingdom will fight against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in many places. People will go hungry. All these things are the beginning of birth pains.

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.

Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in many parts of the world, as well as famines. But this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are only the beginning of birth pains.

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows.

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be earthquakes in divers places; there shall be famines: these things are the beginning of travail.

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these[ are] the beginnings of sorrows.

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. These are but the beginning of birth pains.

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

We have heard about it, and our hands have become weak. Distress has seized us— pain, like a woman in labor.

One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the reign of Claudius.

Then another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And a large sword was given to him.

I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians; each will fight against his brother and each against his friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every possible distress.

Trembling seized them there, agony like that of a woman in labor,

Damascus has become weak; she has turned to run; panic has gripped her. Distress and labor pains have seized her like a woman in labor.

Now, why are you shouting loudly? Is there no king with you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?Writhe and cry out, Daughter Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the grasp of your enemies!

The king of Babylon has heard about them; his hands have become weak. Distress has seized him— pain, like a woman in labor.

All these events are the beginning of labor pains.

I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the Gentile kingdoms. I will overturn chariots and their riders. Horses and their riders will fall, each by his brother’s sword.

When they say,“ Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

You residents of Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when pains come on you, agony like a woman in labor.

I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child. The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands:“ Woe is me, for my life is weary because of the murderers!”

“ This is what the LORD of Armies says: Pay attention! Disaster spreads from nation to nation. A huge storm is stirred up from the ends of the earth.”

What will you say when he appoints close friends as leaders over you, ones you yourself trained? Won’t labor pains seize you, as they do a woman in labor?

They said to him,“ This is what Hezekiah says:‘ Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace. It is as if children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.

On that day a great panic from the LORD will be among them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.