Jeremiah 48:41
The towns of Moab will be captured. The strong walled cities will be defeated. Then Moab's warriors will be frightened like a woman who is giving birth.'
Isaiah 13:8
They will be terrified! Pains and anguish will possess them. They will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another in amazement with their faces reddened with excitement (aflame).
Isaiah 21:3
What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain. My hips are full of pain and convulsions like that of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 6:24
We have heard the report! Our hands are limp. Anguish has seized us! We have pain like a woman in childbirth.
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask now and see: Can a man give birth to a child? Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain like a woman giving birth to a child? Why has every face turned pale?
Jeremiah 49:22
The enemy will attack Bozrah like an eagle swooping down with outspread wings. On that day Edom's soldiers will be as frightened as a woman in labor.
Micah 4:9-10
Why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished? Has pain taken hold of you like a woman in childbirth?
Isaiah 26:17-18
Like a woman with child and about to give birth struggles and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O Jehovah.
Jeremiah 4:31
I hear a woman in labor. I hear the woman cry with anguish as she gives birth to her first child. My people Zion gasp for breath. They stretch out their hands and say: How horrible it is for us! My life is exhausted by the presence of murderers!
Jeremiah 49:24
The people of Damascus are weak and have fled in terror. They are in pain and misery like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:43
The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and he loses courage. Anguish will grip him as pain grips a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 51:30
The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their fortified cities. Their strength has failed. They have become women. Their buildings are set on fire. The bars across their gates are broken.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, Peace and security! then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They will not escape.