Isaiah 26:17
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Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.
In other translations
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.
Hebrew words
כְּמוֹkemolikeH3644הָרָהharaha pregnant [woman]H2030תַּקְרִיבtakriv[who] she brings nearH7126לָלֶדֶתlaledetto give birthH3205תָּחִילtachilshe is in laborH2342תִּזְעַקtiz'akshe cries outH2199בַּחֲבָלֶיהָbachavaleihain labor-pains herH2256כֵּןkensoH3651הָיִינוּhayinuwe wereH1961מִפָּנֶיךָmipaneikha<from> because of youH6440יְהוָה׃yahwehO YahwehH3068
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Related verses
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- John 16:21A 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.A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
- Isaiah 13:8And 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.Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
- Jeremiah 30:6Ask 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?Ask now, and see: Can a male 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?
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