Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and we are discouraged.
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in
New American Standard Bible
Our hands are limp.
Pain as of a woman in childbirth.
King James Version
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
International Standard Version
We have heard the news about it, and our hands are limp. Distress has seized us like a woman in labor.
A Conservative Version
We have heard the report of it. Our hands grow feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
American Standard Version
We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
Amplified
We have heard the report of it;
Our hands become limp and helpless.
Anguish has gripped us,
Pain like that of a woman in childbirth.
Bible in Basic English
The news of it has come to our ears; our hands have become feeble: trouble has come on us and pain, like the pain of a woman in childbirth.
Darby Translation
We have heard the report thereof: our hands are grown feeble; anguish hath taken hold of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth.
Julia Smith Translation
We heard its report: our hands were relaxed; straits held us, pain as of her bringing forth
King James 2000
We have heard the report of it: our hands grow feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Lexham Expanded Bible
We have heard news of it, our hands grow slack, anxiety has grasped us, pain as a [woman who] gives birth.
Modern King James verseion
We have heard the rumor of it; our hands become feeble; anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, like a woman in labor.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then shall this cry be heard, "Our arms are feeble! Heaviness and sorrow is come upon us, as upon a woman travailing with child!
NET Bible
The people cry out, "We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!
New Heart English Bible
"We have heard its report; our hands become feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, and pains as of a woman in labor.
The Emphasized Bible
We have heard the report thereof, Relaxed are our hands, - Anguish, hath taken hold on us, Pangs, as on her that is giving birth.
Webster
We have heard the fame of it: our hands become feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
World English Bible
We have heard its report; our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
Youngs Literal Translation
'We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.
Themes
Interlinear
Shama`
Yad
Raphah
Tsarah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cruel Nation From The North
23
They are cruel and show no mercy.
Their voice roars like the sea,
and they ride on horses,
lined up like men in battle formation
against you, Daughter Zion.
and we are discouraged.
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in
don’t walk on the road.
For the enemy has a sword;
terror is on every side.
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:31
a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child.
The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands:
Woe is me, for my life is weary
because of the murderers!
Jeremiah 49:24
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:43
and his hands fall helpless.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.
Isaiah 21:3
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
Isaiah 28:19
it will carry you away;
it will pass through every morning—
every day and every night.
Only terror
to understand the message.
Jeremiah 4:19-21
Oh, the pain in
My heart pounds;
I cannot be silent.
For you, my soul,
have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—
the shout of battle.
Jeremiah 13:21
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you,
as they do a woman in labor?
Jeremiah 30:6
whether a male can 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?
Psalm 48:6
agony like that of a woman in labor,
Proverbs 1:27-28
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
Jeremiah 4:6-9
Run for cover! Don’t stand still!
For I am bringing disaster from the north—
a great destruction.
Jeremiah 22:23
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan
agony like a woman in labor.
Ezekiel 21:6-7
“But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart
Micah 4:9-10
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
Habakkuk 3:16
my lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress
to come against the people invading us.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction