Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Pains have seized me like the pains of a
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
International Standard Version
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.
A Conservative Version
Therefore my loins are filled with anguish. Pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail. I am pained so that I cannot hear. I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
American Standard Version
Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
Amplified
Therefore [continues Isaiah] my loins are filled with anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in childbirth;
I am so bent and bewildered that I cannot hear, I am so terrified that I cannot see.
Bible in Basic English
For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.
Darby Translation
Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.
Julia Smith Translation
For this, my loins were filled with pain: distress took hold of me as the pains of her bringing forth: I was shaken from hearing; I trembled from seeing
King James 2000
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travails: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore my loins are filled [with] anguish; pangs have seized me, like [the] pangs of a woman giving birth. I am {too bent to hear}, I am {too dismayed to see}.
Modern King James verseion
Therefore my loins are filled with pain; pangs have taken hold on me like the pangs of a woman who travails; I was bowed down from hearing; I was troubled from seeing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
With this, the reins of my back were full of pain: Pangs came upon me, as upon a woman in her travail. It made me stoop when I heard it, and it vexed me when I saw it.
NET Bible
For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can't hear. I so am dismayed that I can't see.
The Emphasized Bible
For this cause, are my loins filled with anguish, Pangs, have seized me, as the pangs of her that is giving birth, - I writhe so that I cannot hear, I tremble, so that I cannot see:
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can't hear. I so am dismayed that I can't see.
Youngs Literal Translation
Therefore filled have been my loins with great pain, Pangs have seized me as pangs of a travailing woman, I have been bent down by hearing, I have been troubled by seeing.
Themes
Babylon » Predictions respecting » Destruction of
Distress » Trouble, borrowing » Pain
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denunciations against babylon
Interlinear
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Yalad
`avah
Shama`
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 21:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Fall Of Babylon
2
The
Go up,
I have made an end of all
Pains have seized me like the pains of a
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
The twilight I longed for has been
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 13:8
Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
They will
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.
Psalm 48:6
Anguish, as of
Isaiah 26:17
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains,
Thus were we before You, O Lord.
Isaiah 16:11
And my
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While they are saying, “
Deuteronomy 28:67
Isaiah 15:5
His fugitives are as far as
For they go up the
Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress
Isaiah 16:9
I will drench you with my tears, O
For the shouting over your
Jeremiah 48:41
And the strongholds have been seized,
So the
Will be like the heart of a
Jeremiah 49:22
Behold,
Jeremiah 50:43
And his hands hang limp;
Agony like a woman in childbirth.
Daniel 5:5-6
Suddenly the fingers of a man’s hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and the king saw the
Micah 4:9-10
Is there no king among you,
Or has your
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
Habakkuk 3:16
At the sound my lips quivered.
Decay enters my
And in my place I tremble.
Because I must