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International Standard Version
When the time of childbirth comes, he will be so foolish that he will refuse to be born."
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Holman Bible
He is not a wise son;
when the time comes,
he will not be born.
A Conservative Version
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him. He is an unwise son, for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of sons.
American Standard Version
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Amplified
The pains of childbirth come on him;
But he is not a wise son,
For it is not the time to delay [his chance at a new birth] as the womb opens [but he ignores the opportunity to change].
Bible in Basic English
The pains of a woman in childbirth will come on him: he is an unwise son, for at this time it is not right for him to keep his place when children come to birth.
Darby Translation
The pangs of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is a son not wise; for at the time of the breaking forth of children, he was not there.
Julia Smith Translation
The pains of her bringing forth shall come to him: he a son not wise; for now he shall not stand in the breaking forth of sons.
King James 2000
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long where children are born.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The labor pains of childbirth come for him; he [is] an unwise son because [at the] proper time, he does not present himself {at the mouth of the womb}.
Modern King James verseion
The pains of a woman in travail shall come to him. He is an unwise son; for he cannot stand still in the time of the breaking forth of sons.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore shall sorrows come upon him, as upon a woman that travaileth. An indiscreet son is he: for he considereth not, that he should not have been able to have endured in the time of his birth,
NET Bible
The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!
New Heart English Bible
The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.
The Emphasized Bible
The pangs of a woman in labour, shall overtake him, - he, is a son, not wise, for, now, he cannot stand still, when children are about to be born.
Webster
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
World English Bible
The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.
Youngs Literal Translation
Pangs of a travailing woman come to him, He is a son not wise, For he remaineth not the time for the breaking forth of sons.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 13:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Death And Resurrection
12 "Ephraim's guilt is on record; his sin is stored away. 13 When the time of childbirth comes, he will be so foolish that he will refuse to be born." 14 "From the power of Sheol I will rescue them, from death I will redeem them. Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? My eyes will remain closed to your pleas for compassion.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:8
They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they'll writhe like a woman in labor. They'll look aghast at one another; and their faces will be ablaze with fear.
Micah 4:9-10
Why are you crying so loud now? There's no king among you, is there? Perhaps your advisor has died? For pain has overtaken you like a woman in labor.
2 Kings 19:3
They announced to him:
Isaiah 37:3
"Here is what Hezekiah says," they told him. "This day is a day of trouble, rebuke, and disgrace, as when children come to the point of birth and there is no energy to deliver them.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When people say, "There is peace and security," destruction will strike them as suddenly as labor pains come to a pregnant woman, and they will not be able to escape.
Psalm 48:6
Trembling seized them there, pains like those of a woman in labor,
Proverbs 22:3
The prudent person sees trouble ahead and hides, but the naive continue on and suffer the consequences.
Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my body is racked with pain; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am so upset that I cannot hear; I am so frightened that I cannot see while I'm reeling around.
Isaiah 26:17
Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out during her labor when she is about to give birth, so were we because of you, LORD.
Isaiah 66:9
Am I to open the womb and not deliver?" asks the LORD. "And when I bring to delivery, am I to close the womb?" asks your God.
Jeremiah 4:31
I heard a cry like that of a woman in labor, anguish like one giving birth to her firstborn, the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for air, stretching out her hand: "Woe is me! I'm about to faint in front of killers!"
Jeremiah 13:21
What will you say when the LORD appoints over you as your head those whom you taught to be your allies? Pain will seize you like that seizing a woman about to give birth, will it not?
Jeremiah 22:23
You who live in Lebanon, who build your nest in the cedars, how you will groan when pains come upon you, pain like that of a woman giving birth.
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask about this and think about it Can a man give birth to a child? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his thighs like a woman giving birth, and all their faces have turned pale?
Jeremiah 49:24
Damascus will become weak. She will turn to flee, but panic will seize her. Distress and anguish will take hold of her like that of a woman giving birth.
Acts 16:29-34
The jailer asked for torches and rushed inside. Trembling as he knelt in front of Paul and Silas,
Acts 24:25
As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became afraid and said, "For the present you may go. When I get a chance, I will send for you again."
2 Corinthians 6:2
For he says, "At the right time I heard you, and on a day of salvation I helped you." Listen, now is really the "right time"! Now is the "day of salvation"!
Hebrews 3:7-8
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice,