John 16:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A 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.

Woman

For

General references

Isaiah 26:17

Matthew 5:4

John 16:6

Bible References

Woman

To the woman He said, I will greatly increase your sorrow and your conception. In pain you shall bear sons, and your desire shall be toward your husband, and he shall rule over you.

Jehovah, in trouble they have visited You; they poured out a prayer; Your chastening was on them.

Ask now, and see whether a man is giving birth? Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, like a woman in labor, and all faces are turned into paleness?

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.

Be in pain and deliver, daughter of Zion, like one giving birth. For now you shall go out from the city, and you shall dwell in the field; and you shall go to Babylon. There you shall be snatched back; there Jehovah shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

and having a babe in womb, she cries, being in travail, having been distressed to bear.

For

And Sarah said, God has made me laugh, so that all who hear will laugh with me.

And she conceived and bore a son, and she said, God has taken away my reproach.

And she said, O, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Jehovah.

He causes the barren to dwell in the house as a joyful mother of sons. Praise Jehovah!

And the time was fulfilled to Elizabeth for her to bear. And she bore a son.

For it is written, "Rejoice, barren one not bearing; break forth and shout, you not travailing; for more are the children of the desolate than she having the husband."

General references

As a woman with child draws near to bear, she is in pain and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in Your sight, O Jehovah.

Blessed are they that mourn! For they shall be comforted.

But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.