John 16:21 A woman giving birth to a baby has pain. That’s because her time to give birth has come. But when her baby is born, she forgets the pain. She forgets because...

16:21 NIrV

Parallel Verses

New International Reader's Version - A woman giving birth to a baby has pain. That’s because her time to give birth has come. But when her baby is born, she forgets the pain. She forgets because she is so happy that a baby has been born into the world.
新标点和合本 - 妇人生产的时候就忧愁，因为她的时候到了；既生了孩子，就不再记念那苦楚，因为欢喜世上生了一个人。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 妇人生产的时候会忧愁，因为她的时候到了；但孩子一生出来，就不再记得那痛苦了，因为欢喜有一个人生在世上了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 妇人生产的时候会忧愁，因为她的时候到了；但孩子一生出来，就不再记得那痛苦了，因为欢喜有一个人生在世上了。
当代译本 - 妇人分娩时都会痛苦，但孩子生下来后，她就会因为这世界添了一个新生命而欢喜，忘掉了生产的剧痛。
圣经新译本 - 妇人生产的时候会有忧愁，因为她的时候到了；但生了孩子以后，就不再记住那痛苦了，因为欢喜有一个人生到世上来。
中文标准译本 - 妇人生产的时候会有忧虑，因为她的时候到了；但是生了孩子以后，她就因着有人出生到世上的喜乐，而不再记住那痛苦了。
现代标点和合本 - 妇人生产的时候就忧愁，因为她的时候到了；既生了孩子，就不再记念那苦楚，因为欢喜世上生了一个人。
和合本（拼音版） - 妇人生产的时候就忧愁，因为她的时候到了；既生了孩子，就不再记念那苦楚，因为欢喜世上生了一个人。
New International Version - A woman giving birth to a child has pain 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.
English Standard Version - 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.
New Living Translation - It will be like a woman suffering the pains of labor. When her child is born, her anguish gives way to joy because she has brought a new baby into the world.
The Message - “When a woman gives birth, she has a hard time, there’s no getting around it. But when the baby is born, there is joy in the birth. This new life in the world wipes out memory of the pain. The sadness you have right now is similar to that pain, but the coming joy is also similar. When I see you again, you’ll be full of joy, and it will be a joy no one can rob from you. You’ll no longer be so full of questions.
Christian Standard Bible - When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.
New American Standard Bible - Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.
New King James Version - A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
Amplified Bible - A woman, when she is in labor, has pain because her time [to give birth] has come; but when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of her joy that a child has come into the world.
American Standard Version - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.
King James Version - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
New English Translation - When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.
World English Bible - A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
新標點和合本 - 婦人生產的時候就憂愁，因為她的時候到了；既生了孩子，就不再記念那苦楚，因為歡喜世上生了一個人。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 婦人生產的時候會憂愁，因為她的時候到了；但孩子一生出來，就不再記得那痛苦了，因為歡喜有一個人生在世上了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 婦人生產的時候會憂愁，因為她的時候到了；但孩子一生出來，就不再記得那痛苦了，因為歡喜有一個人生在世上了。
當代譯本 - 婦人分娩時都會痛苦，但孩子生下來後，她就會因為這世界添了一個新生命而歡喜，忘掉了生產的劇痛。
聖經新譯本 - 婦人生產的時候會有憂愁，因為她的時候到了；但生了孩子以後，就不再記住那痛苦了，因為歡喜有一個人生到世上來。
呂振中譯本 - 婦人生產的時候有憂愁，因為她的鐘點到了；既生了孩子，就不再記念那苦難了，因為歡喜有人生到世界上來。
中文標準譯本 - 婦人生產的時候會有憂慮，因為她的時候到了；但是生了孩子以後，她就因著有人出生到世上的喜樂，而不再記住那痛苦了。
現代標點和合本 - 婦人生產的時候就憂愁，因為她的時候到了；既生了孩子，就不再記念那苦楚，因為歡喜世上生了一個人。
文理和合譯本 - 婦臨產則憂、因其期至、既誕、不復憶其苦、喜有人生於世也、
文理委辦譯本 - 婦將生子則憂、以其時至、子生、則忘其苦、因喜生子於世也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 婦將產則憂、以其期至、然產子後、不復憶其苦、因喜有人生於世也、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 若懷胎之婦、分娩時不勝痛苦、及其既產、則忘其苦、且必以世上新生一人而樂焉。
Nueva Versión Internacional - La mujer que está por dar a luz siente dolores porque ha llegado su momento, pero en cuanto nace la criatura se olvida de su angustia por la alegría de haber traído al mundo un nuevo ser.
현대인의 성경 - 해산할 날이 가까워진 여자는 겪어야 할 진통 때문에 근심한다. 그러나 아기를 낳으면 세상에 사람이 태어났다는 기쁨에 그 고통을 잊게 된다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Когда женщине подходит время родить, у нее начинаются боли, но как только ребенок родится, она забывает боль от радости, что в мир родился человек!
Восточный перевод - Когда женщине подходит время родить, у неё начинаются боли, но как только ребёнок родится, она забывает боль от радости, что в мир родился человек!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда женщине подходит время родить, у неё начинаются боли, но как только ребёнок родится, она забывает боль от радости, что в мир родился человек!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда женщине подходит время родить, у неё начинаются боли, но как только ребёнок родится, она забывает боль от радости, что в мир родился человек!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Lorsqu’une femme accouche, elle éprouve de la douleur parce que c’est le moment ; mais à peine a-t-elle donné le jour au bébé, qu’elle oublie son épreuve à cause de sa joie d’avoir mis au monde un enfant.
リビングバイブル - 苦しんで子を産む母親の喜びと全く同じです。子どもが生まれると、それまでの激しい苦しみを忘れるほどの大きな喜びに変わるのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἡ γυνὴ ὅταν τίκτῃ λύπην ἔχει, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα αὐτῆς· ὅταν δὲ γεννήσῃ τὸ παιδίον, οὐκέτι μνημονεύει τῆς θλίψεως διὰ τὴν χαρὰν ὅτι ἐγεννήθη ἄνθρωπος εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἡ γυνὴ ὅταν τίκτῃ, λύπην ἔχει, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα αὐτῆς; ὅταν δὲ γεννήσῃ τὸ παιδίον, οὐκέτι μνημονεύει τῆς θλίψεως διὰ τὴν χαρὰν, ὅτι ἐγεννήθη ἄνθρωπος εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
Nova Versão Internacional - A mulher que está dando à luz sente dores, porque chegou a sua hora; mas, quando o bebê nasce, ela esquece a angústia, por causa da alegria de ter vindo ao mundo.
Hoffnung für alle - Es wird so sein wie bei einer Frau, die ein Kind bekommt: Sie macht Schweres durch, doch sobald ihr Kind geboren ist, sind Angst und Schmerzen vergessen. Sie ist nur noch glücklich darüber, dass ihr Kind zur Welt gekommen ist.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Người mẹ sắp đến giờ sinh nở phải chịu đau đớn, buồn lo. Nhưng sau khi sinh con, người mẹ vui mừng và quên hết đau đớn.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ผู้หญิงที่จะคลอดลูกย่อมเจ็บปวดเพราะถึงกำหนดแล้ว แต่เมื่อทารกคลอดออกมานางก็ลืมความเจ็บปวดทรมานเพราะชื่นชมยินดีที่เด็กคนหนึ่งได้เกิดมาในโลก
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เมื่อไรก็ตามที่ผู้หญิงจะคลอดบุตร นางมีความทุกข์ก็เพราะถึงกำหนด แต่เมื่อนางคลอดแล้วก็ไม่คิดถึงความเจ็บปวดอีกเลย เพราะยินดีที่ลูกได้เกิดมาในโลกแล้ว

Cross Reference

Genesis 30:23 - She became pregnant and had a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.”
Genesis 30:24 - She said, “May the Lord give me another son.” So she named him Joseph.
1 Samuel 1:26 - Hannah said to Eli, “Pardon me, sir. I’m the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. And that’s just as sure as you are alive.
1 Samuel 1:27 - I prayed for this child. The Lord has given me what I asked him for.
Galatians 4:27 - It is written, “Be glad, woman, you who have never had children. Shout for joy and cry out loud, you who have never had labor pains. The woman who is all alone has more children than the woman who has a husband.” ( Isaiah 54:1 )
Luke 1:57 - The time came for Elizabeth to have her baby. She gave birth to a son.
Luke 1:58 - Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had been very kind to her. They shared her joy.
Revelation 12:2 - She was pregnant. She cried out in pain because she was about to have a baby.
Revelation 12:3 - Then another sign appeared in heaven. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On its seven heads it wore seven crowns.
Revelation 12:4 - The dragon’s tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky. It threw the stars down to earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to have a baby. The dragon wanted to eat her child the moment he was born.
Revelation 12:5 - She gave birth to a son. He “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.” ( Psalm 2:9 ) And her child was taken up to God and to his throne.
Micah 4:10 - People of Zion, groan with pain. Cry out like a woman having a baby. Soon you must leave your city. You must camp in the open fields. You will have to go to the land of Babylon. But that’s where the Lord will save you. There he will set you free from the power of your enemies.
Genesis 21:6 - Sarah said, “God has given laughter to me. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”
Genesis 21:7 - She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would breast-feed children? But I’ve had a son by him when he is old.”
Psalm 113:9 - He gives children to the woman who doesn’t have any children. He makes her a happy mother in her own home. Praise the Lord.
Genesis 3:16 - The Lord God said to the woman, “I will increase your pain when you give birth. You will be in great pain when you have children. You will long for your husband. And he will rule over you.”
Hosea 13:13 - They will suffer pain like a woman having a baby. They are like foolish children. It is time for them to be born. But they don’t have the sense to come out of their mother’s body.
Hosea 13:14 - “I will set these people free from the power of the grave. I will save them from death. Death, where are your plagues? Grave, where is your power to destroy? “I will no longer pity Ephraim.
Isaiah 26:16 - Lord, when your people were suffering, they came to you. When you punished them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
Isaiah 26:17 - Lord, you made us like a woman who is about to have a baby. She groans and cries out in pain.
Isaiah 26:18 - We were pregnant and groaned with pain. But nothing was born. We didn’t bring your saving power to the earth. And the people of the world have not come to life.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 - People will be saying that everything is peaceful and safe. Then suddenly they will be destroyed. It will happen like birth pains coming on a pregnant woman. None of the people will escape.
Isaiah 13:8 - The people will be filled with terror. Pain and suffering will grab hold of them. They will groan with pain like a woman having a baby. They’ll look at one another in terror. Their faces will burn with shame.
Jeremiah 30:6 - Ask and see. Can a man give birth to children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach? Each of them is acting like a woman having a baby. Every face is as pale as death.
Jeremiah 30:7 - How awful that day will be! No other day will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for the people of Jacob. But they will be saved out of it.

Parallel Verses

Cross Reference

New International Reader's Version - A woman giving birth to a baby has pain. That’s because her time to give birth has come. But when her baby is born, she forgets the pain. She forgets because she is so happy that a baby has been born into the world.
新标点和合本 - 妇人生产的时候就忧愁，因为她的时候到了；既生了孩子，就不再记念那苦楚，因为欢喜世上生了一个人。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 妇人生产的时候会忧愁，因为她的时候到了；但孩子一生出来，就不再记得那痛苦了，因为欢喜有一个人生在世上了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 妇人生产的时候会忧愁，因为她的时候到了；但孩子一生出来，就不再记得那痛苦了，因为欢喜有一个人生在世上了。
当代译本 - 妇人分娩时都会痛苦，但孩子生下来后，她就会因为这世界添了一个新生命而欢喜，忘掉了生产的剧痛。
圣经新译本 - 妇人生产的时候会有忧愁，因为她的时候到了；但生了孩子以后，就不再记住那痛苦了，因为欢喜有一个人生到世上来。
中文标准译本 - 妇人生产的时候会有忧虑，因为她的时候到了；但是生了孩子以后，她就因着有人出生到世上的喜乐，而不再记住那痛苦了。
现代标点和合本 - 妇人生产的时候就忧愁，因为她的时候到了；既生了孩子，就不再记念那苦楚，因为欢喜世上生了一个人。
和合本（拼音版） - 妇人生产的时候就忧愁，因为她的时候到了；既生了孩子，就不再记念那苦楚，因为欢喜世上生了一个人。
New International Version - A woman giving birth to a child has pain 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.
English Standard Version - 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.
New Living Translation - It will be like a woman suffering the pains of labor. When her child is born, her anguish gives way to joy because she has brought a new baby into the world.
The Message - “When a woman gives birth, she has a hard time, there’s no getting around it. But when the baby is born, there is joy in the birth. This new life in the world wipes out memory of the pain. The sadness you have right now is similar to that pain, but the coming joy is also similar. When I see you again, you’ll be full of joy, and it will be a joy no one can rob from you. You’ll no longer be so full of questions.
Christian Standard Bible - When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.
New American Standard Bible - Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.
New King James Version - A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
Amplified Bible - A woman, when she is in labor, has pain because her time [to give birth] has come; but when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of her joy that a child has come into the world.
American Standard Version - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.
King James Version - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
New English Translation - When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.
World English Bible - A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
新標點和合本 - 婦人生產的時候就憂愁，因為她的時候到了；既生了孩子，就不再記念那苦楚，因為歡喜世上生了一個人。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 婦人生產的時候會憂愁，因為她的時候到了；但孩子一生出來，就不再記得那痛苦了，因為歡喜有一個人生在世上了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 婦人生產的時候會憂愁，因為她的時候到了；但孩子一生出來，就不再記得那痛苦了，因為歡喜有一個人生在世上了。
當代譯本 - 婦人分娩時都會痛苦，但孩子生下來後，她就會因為這世界添了一個新生命而歡喜，忘掉了生產的劇痛。
聖經新譯本 - 婦人生產的時候會有憂愁，因為她的時候到了；但生了孩子以後，就不再記住那痛苦了，因為歡喜有一個人生到世上來。
呂振中譯本 - 婦人生產的時候有憂愁，因為她的鐘點到了；既生了孩子，就不再記念那苦難了，因為歡喜有人生到世界上來。
中文標準譯本 - 婦人生產的時候會有憂慮，因為她的時候到了；但是生了孩子以後，她就因著有人出生到世上的喜樂，而不再記住那痛苦了。
現代標點和合本 - 婦人生產的時候就憂愁，因為她的時候到了；既生了孩子，就不再記念那苦楚，因為歡喜世上生了一個人。
文理和合譯本 - 婦臨產則憂、因其期至、既誕、不復憶其苦、喜有人生於世也、
文理委辦譯本 - 婦將生子則憂、以其時至、子生、則忘其苦、因喜生子於世也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 婦將產則憂、以其期至、然產子後、不復憶其苦、因喜有人生於世也、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 若懷胎之婦、分娩時不勝痛苦、及其既產、則忘其苦、且必以世上新生一人而樂焉。
Nueva Versión Internacional - La mujer que está por dar a luz siente dolores porque ha llegado su momento, pero en cuanto nace la criatura se olvida de su angustia por la alegría de haber traído al mundo un nuevo ser.
현대인의 성경 - 해산할 날이 가까워진 여자는 겪어야 할 진통 때문에 근심한다. 그러나 아기를 낳으면 세상에 사람이 태어났다는 기쁨에 그 고통을 잊게 된다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Когда женщине подходит время родить, у нее начинаются боли, но как только ребенок родится, она забывает боль от радости, что в мир родился человек!
Восточный перевод - Когда женщине подходит время родить, у неё начинаются боли, но как только ребёнок родится, она забывает боль от радости, что в мир родился человек!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда женщине подходит время родить, у неё начинаются боли, но как только ребёнок родится, она забывает боль от радости, что в мир родился человек!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда женщине подходит время родить, у неё начинаются боли, но как только ребёнок родится, она забывает боль от радости, что в мир родился человек!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Lorsqu’une femme accouche, elle éprouve de la douleur parce que c’est le moment ; mais à peine a-t-elle donné le jour au bébé, qu’elle oublie son épreuve à cause de sa joie d’avoir mis au monde un enfant.
リビングバイブル - 苦しんで子を産む母親の喜びと全く同じです。子どもが生まれると、それまでの激しい苦しみを忘れるほどの大きな喜びに変わるのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἡ γυνὴ ὅταν τίκτῃ λύπην ἔχει, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα αὐτῆς· ὅταν δὲ γεννήσῃ τὸ παιδίον, οὐκέτι μνημονεύει τῆς θλίψεως διὰ τὴν χαρὰν ὅτι ἐγεννήθη ἄνθρωπος εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἡ γυνὴ ὅταν τίκτῃ, λύπην ἔχει, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα αὐτῆς; ὅταν δὲ γεννήσῃ τὸ παιδίον, οὐκέτι μνημονεύει τῆς θλίψεως διὰ τὴν χαρὰν, ὅτι ἐγεννήθη ἄνθρωπος εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
Nova Versão Internacional - A mulher que está dando à luz sente dores, porque chegou a sua hora; mas, quando o bebê nasce, ela esquece a angústia, por causa da alegria de ter vindo ao mundo.
Hoffnung für alle - Es wird so sein wie bei einer Frau, die ein Kind bekommt: Sie macht Schweres durch, doch sobald ihr Kind geboren ist, sind Angst und Schmerzen vergessen. Sie ist nur noch glücklich darüber, dass ihr Kind zur Welt gekommen ist.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Người mẹ sắp đến giờ sinh nở phải chịu đau đớn, buồn lo. Nhưng sau khi sinh con, người mẹ vui mừng và quên hết đau đớn.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ผู้หญิงที่จะคลอดลูกย่อมเจ็บปวดเพราะถึงกำหนดแล้ว แต่เมื่อทารกคลอดออกมานางก็ลืมความเจ็บปวดทรมานเพราะชื่นชมยินดีที่เด็กคนหนึ่งได้เกิดมาในโลก
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เมื่อไรก็ตามที่ผู้หญิงจะคลอดบุตร นางมีความทุกข์ก็เพราะถึงกำหนด แต่เมื่อนางคลอดแล้วก็ไม่คิดถึงความเจ็บปวดอีกเลย เพราะยินดีที่ลูกได้เกิดมาในโลกแล้ว

Genesis 30:23 - She became pregnant and had a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.”
Genesis 30:24 - She said, “May the Lord give me another son.” So she named him Joseph.
1 Samuel 1:26 - Hannah said to Eli, “Pardon me, sir. I’m the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. And that’s just as sure as you are alive.
1 Samuel 1:27 - I prayed for this child. The Lord has given me what I asked him for.
Galatians 4:27 - It is written, “Be glad, woman, you who have never had children. Shout for joy and cry out loud, you who have never had labor pains. The woman who is all alone has more children than the woman who has a husband.” ( Isaiah 54:1 )
Luke 1:57 - The time came for Elizabeth to have her baby. She gave birth to a son.
Luke 1:58 - Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had been very kind to her. They shared her joy.
Revelation 12:2 - She was pregnant. She cried out in pain because she was about to have a baby.
Revelation 12:3 - Then another sign appeared in heaven. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On its seven heads it wore seven crowns.
Revelation 12:4 - The dragon’s tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky. It threw the stars down to earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to have a baby. The dragon wanted to eat her child the moment he was born.
Revelation 12:5 - She gave birth to a son. He “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.” ( Psalm 2:9 ) And her child was taken up to God and to his throne.
Micah 4:10 - People of Zion, groan with pain. Cry out like a woman having a baby. Soon you must leave your city. You must camp in the open fields. You will have to go to the land of Babylon. But that’s where the Lord will save you. There he will set you free from the power of your enemies.
Genesis 21:6 - Sarah said, “God has given laughter to me. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”
Genesis 21:7 - She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would breast-feed children? But I’ve had a son by him when he is old.”
Psalm 113:9 - He gives children to the woman who doesn’t have any children. He makes her a happy mother in her own home. Praise the Lord.
Genesis 3:16 - The Lord God said to the woman, “I will increase your pain when you give birth. You will be in great pain when you have children. You will long for your husband. And he will rule over you.”
Hosea 13:13 - They will suffer pain like a woman having a baby. They are like foolish children. It is time for them to be born. But they don’t have the sense to come out of their mother’s body.
Hosea 13:14 - “I will set these people free from the power of the grave. I will save them from death. Death, where are your plagues? Grave, where is your power to destroy? “I will no longer pity Ephraim.
Isaiah 26:16 - Lord, when your people were suffering, they came to you. When you punished them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
Isaiah 26:17 - Lord, you made us like a woman who is about to have a baby. She groans and cries out in pain.
Isaiah 26:18 - We were pregnant and groaned with pain. But nothing was born. We didn’t bring your saving power to the earth. And the people of the world have not come to life.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 - People will be saying that everything is peaceful and safe. Then suddenly they will be destroyed. It will happen like birth pains coming on a pregnant woman. None of the people will escape.
Isaiah 13:8 - The people will be filled with terror. Pain and suffering will grab hold of them. They will groan with pain like a woman having a baby. They’ll look at one another in terror. Their faces will burn with shame.
Jeremiah 30:6 - Ask and see. Can a man give birth to children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach? Each of them is acting like a woman having a baby. Every face is as pale as death.
Jeremiah 30:7 - How awful that day will be! No other day will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for the people of Jacob. But they will be saved out of it.