Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Is there no king among you,
Or has your
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
King James Version
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counseller perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
Holman Bible
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
International Standard Version
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.
A Conservative Version
Now why do thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee. Has thy counselor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?
American Standard Version
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee, is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?
Amplified
“Now, why do you cry out loudly?
Is there no king among you?
Has your counselor perished?
For agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth.
Bible in Basic English
Now why are you crying so loudly? is there no king in you? has destruction come on your wise helper? so that pains have taken you like the pains of a woman in childbirth:
Darby Translation
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have seized thee as a woman in travail?
Julia Smith Translation
Now wherefore wilt thou cry out with an outcry? is no king in thee? or thy counselor perished? for pain laid hold of thee as she bringing forth.
King James 2000
Now why do you cry out aloud? is there no king in you? is your counselor perished? for pangs have taken you as a woman in travail.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So then, why do you shout a loud shout? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished that pangs like a woman in labor have seized you?
Modern King James verseion
Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished? For pangs have taken you like one giving birth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Why then art thou now so heavy? Is there no king in thee? Are thy counselors away that thou art so pained, as a woman in her travail?
NET Bible
Jerusalem, why are you now shouting so loudly? Has your king disappeared? Has your wise leader been destroyed? Is this why pain grips you as if you were a woman in labor?
New Heart English Bible
Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pain has has gripped you like a woman in labor?
The Emphasized Bible
Meanwhile, wherefore shouldst thou cry out aloud? King, is there none within thee? or hath, thy counselor, perished? for labour, hath seized thee, as a woman in child-birth: -
Webster
Now why dost thou cry aloud? is there no king in thee? hath thy counselor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
World English Bible
Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail?
Youngs Literal Translation
Now, why dost thou shout aloud? A king -- is there none in thee? Hath thy counsellor perished, That taken hold of thee hath pain as a travailing woman?
Interlinear
Ya`ats
Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 4:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
From Exile To Victory
8
To you it will come—
Even the
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
Is there no king among you,
Or has your
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will
Dwell in the field,
And go to Babylon.
From the hand of your enemies.
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:19
“Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not within her?”
“Why have they
Isaiah 3:1-7
Both
And the whole
Isaiah 13:8
Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
They will
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.
Isaiah 21:3
Pains have seized me like the pains of a
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
Isaiah 26:17
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains,
Thus were we before You, O Lord.
Jeremiah 4:21
And hear the sound of the trumpet?
Jeremiah 22:23
Nested in the cedars,
How you will groan when pangs come upon you,
Jeremiah 30:6-7
If a male can give birth.
Why do I see every man
With his hands on his loins,
And why have all faces turned pale?
Jeremiah 50:43
And his hands hang limp;
Agony like a woman in childbirth.
Lamentations 4:20
Was
Of whom we had said, “Under his
We shall live among the nations.”
Hosea 3:4
For the sons of Israel will remain for many days
Hosea 10:3
For we do not revere the Lord.
As for the king, what can he do for us?”
Hosea 13:10-11
That he may save you in all your cities,
And your
“Give me a king and princes”?