Galatians 4:27

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For it is written: Reioyce thou baren, that bearest no chyldren, breake foorth and crye, thou that trauaylest not: For the desolate hath many mo chyldren, then she which hath an husbande.

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  • Ruth 1:11-13 : 11 And Naomi sayde, Turne againe my daughters: for what cause will you go with me? Are there any moe children in my wombe, to be your husbandes? 12 Turne againe my daughters, go your way, for I am to olde to haue an husbande: And if I sayd, I haue hope, if I toke a man also this night, yea & though I had alredy borne sonnes: 13 Would ye tary after them, till they were of age? or woulde ye for them so long refrayne from taking of husbandes? Not so my daughters: for it greeueth me muche for your sakes, that the hand of the Lorde is gone out against me.
  • Ruth 4:14-16 : 14 And the women sayde vnto Naomi: Blessed be the Lorde, the whiche hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, and his name shalbe continued in Israel. 15 And that shall bring thy lyfe agayne, and cherishe thyne olde age: For thy daughter in lawe whiche loueth thee, hath borne vnto him, and she is better to thee then seuen sonnes. 16 And Naomi toke the child, & layed it in her lappe, and became nurse vnto it.
  • 1 Sam 2:5 : 5 They that were full, haue hyred out them selues for bread, and they that were hungry, ceasse, tyll the barren hath borne seuen, and she that had many children, is waxed feeble.
  • 2 Sam 13:20 : 20 And Absalom her brother saide vnto her: Hath Amnon thy brother ben with thee? Now yet be still my sister, he is thy brother, let not this thing greeue thyne heart. And so Thamar remayned desolate in her brother Absaloms house.
  • Ps 113:9 : 9 He maketh the barren woman to kepe house: and to be a ioyful mother of children. Prayse ye the Lorde.
  • Isa 49:21 : 21 Then shalt thou thinke by thy selfe, who hath begotten me these, seeyng I am barren and alone, a captiue and an outcast? and who hath norished them vp for me? I am desolate and alone, but from whence come these?
  • Isa 54:1-5 : 1 Be glad nowe thou baren that bearest not, reioyce, syng, and be mery thou that art not with childe: for the desolate hath mo childre then the maryed wyfe saith the Lorde. 2 Make thy tent wyder, and spreade out the hanginges of thine habitation: spare not, lay foorth thy wardes, and make fast thy stakes: 3 For thou shalt be multiplied on the ryght syde and on the left, and thy seede shall haue the gentiles in possession, and dwell in the desolate cities. 4 Feare not, for thou shalt not be confounded: be not ashamed, for thou shalt not come to confusion: Yea thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the dishonour of thy widowhead. 5 For he that made thee shalbe thy Lorde and husbande (whose name is the Lord of hoastes) and thy redeemer shalbe euen the holy one of Israel, the Lorde of the whole worlde.
  • 1 Tim 5:5 : 5 And she that is a wydowe in deede, and left alone, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers nyght and day.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 54:1-4
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    87%

    1Be glad nowe thou baren that bearest not, reioyce, syng, and be mery thou that art not with childe: for the desolate hath mo childre then the maryed wyfe saith the Lorde.

    2Make thy tent wyder, and spreade out the hanginges of thine habitation: spare not, lay foorth thy wardes, and make fast thy stakes:

    3For thou shalt be multiplied on the ryght syde and on the left, and thy seede shall haue the gentiles in possession, and dwell in the desolate cities.

    4Feare not, for thou shalt not be confounded: be not ashamed, for thou shalt not come to confusion: Yea thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the dishonour of thy widowhead.

  • Gal 4:22-26
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    22For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, the one by a bonde mayde, the other by a free woman:

    23But he which was of the bonde woman, was borne after the fleshe: but he which was of the free woman, was borne by promise.

    24Which thynges are spoken by an allegorie. For these are two testamentes: the one from the mount Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage, which is Agar.

    25For Agar is the mount Sina in Arabia, and bordreth vpon the citie, which is nowe called Hierusalem, and is in bondage with her chyldren.

    26But Hierusalem which is aboue, is free: which is the mother of vs all.

  • Gal 4:28-31
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    28But brethren, we are after Isaac the chyldren of promise.

    29But as then he that was borne after the fleshe, persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite: euen so is it now.

    30Neuerthelesse, what saith the scripture? put away the bondwoman and her sonne: For the sonne of the bondwoman, shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman.

    31So then brethren, we are not chyldren of the bonde woman, but of the free.

  • Ps 113:9
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    9He maketh the barren woman to kepe house: and to be a ioyful mother of children. Prayse ye the Lorde.

  • Luke 23:29
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    29For beholde, the dayes wyll come, in the which they shal say: Happy are the barren, & the wombes that neuer bare, & the pappes which neuer gaue sucke.

  • John 16:21
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    21A woman, when she trauayleth, hath sorowe, because her houre is come: but assoone as she is deliuered of the childe, she remembreth no more the anguishe, for ioy that a man is borne into ye world.

  • 1 Sam 2:5
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    5They that were full, haue hyred out them selues for bread, and they that were hungry, ceasse, tyll the barren hath borne seuen, and she that had many children, is waxed feeble.

  • Judg 13:2-3
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    2And there was a man in Zaraah of the kinred of Dan, named Manoah, whose wife was barren, and bare not.

    3And the angell of the Lord appeared vnto the woman, & sayde vnto her: Beholde, nowe thou art barren, & bearest not, but thou shalt conceaue, and beare a sonne.

  • Mic 4:9-10
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    9Why then doest thou crye and lament? is there no king in thee? are thy counsellers perished, that thou art so payned as a woman in her trauaile?

    10And now O thou daughter Sion, sorowe and lament as a woman in her trauaile: for nowe must thou get thee out of the citie, & dwelt vpon the plaine fielde: yea vnto Babylon shalt thou go, but there shalt thou be deliuered, and there the Lord shall redeeme thee from the hande of thyne enemies.

  • Gen 11:30
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    30But Sarai was baren, and had no chylde.

  • Luke 1:14
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    14And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

  • Deut 7:14
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    14Thou shalt be blessed aboue all nations: there shalbe neither man nor woman vnfruitfull among you, nor any of your cattell shalbe barren.

  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham: But in Isaac shall thy seede be called.

    8That is to say: They which are the chyldren of the fleshe, are not the chyldren of God: But they which be the childre of promise, are counted the seede.

    9For this is a worde of promise: About this tyme wyll I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.

    10Not only this, but also Rebecca was with chylde by one euen by our father Isaac.

  • Prov 23:25
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    25Do so that thy father and mother may be glad of thee, and that she that bare thee may reioyce.

  • Deut 28:41
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    41Thou shalt beget sonnes and daughters, but shalt not haue them: for they shalbe carryed away captiue.

  • Luke 1:36
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    36And beholde, thy cosin Elizabeth, she hath also conceaued a sonne in her olde age: & this is her sixth moneth, whiche was called barren.

  • Rom 4:17-18
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    17(As it is written, that I haue made thee a father of many nations) before God, whom he beleued, which restoreth the dead vnto life, and calleth those thynges whiche be not, as though they were.

    18Who contrary to hope, beleued in hope, that he shoulde be the father of many nations, accordyng to that which was spoken: so shall thy seede be.

  • Isa 66:7
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    7Lyke as when a wife bringeth foorth a man childe, or euer she suffer the payne of the birth & anguishe of the trauayle.

  • Isa 49:21
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    21Then shalt thou thinke by thy selfe, who hath begotten me these, seeyng I am barren and alone, a captiue and an outcast? and who hath norished them vp for me? I am desolate and alone, but from whence come these?

  • Isa 66:9-10
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    9For thus saith the Lorde: Am I he that maketh other to beare, and beare not my selfe? Am not I he that beareth and maketh barren, saith thy God?

    10Reioyce with Hierusalem, and be glad with her all ye that loue her, be ioyfull with her all ye that mourne for her.

  • Gen 25:22
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    22And the childre stroue together within her wombe: therfore she said, if it be so, why am I thus? wherefore she went to aske the Lorde.

  • Mark 13:17
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    17Wo shalbe then to them that are with chylde, and to them that geue sucke in those dayes.

  • Rev 12:2
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    2And she was with chylde, and cryed, trauaylyng in birth, and payned redy to be delyuered.

  • Gen 21:10
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    10Wherfore she sayd vnto Abraham: cast out this bond woman, & her sonne: for the sonne of this bonde woman, shal not be heyre with my sonne Isahac.

  • Mic 5:3
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    3Therefore wyll he geue them vp for a season, vntill the time that she which shall beare haue borne: then shall the remnaunt of his brethren be conuerted vnto the children of Israel.

  • Hos 13:13
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    13Therfore shall sorowes come vpon him as vpon a woman that trauayleth: an vndiscrete sonne is he, els woulde he not stande styll at the tyme of birth of children.

  • Isa 26:17
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    17Like as a woman with chylde that draweth nye towardes her trauayle is sorie and cryeth in her paynes: euen so haue we ben in thy sight O Lorde.

  • Isa 51:18
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    18For among all the sonnes whom he hath begotten, there is not one that may holde it vp, and not one to leade it by the hande of all the sonnes that he hath norished.

  • Gal 4:7
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    7Wherfore thou art no more a seruaunt, but a sonne: If thou be a sonne, thou art also an heire of God, through Christ.

  • Matt 24:19
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    19Wo shalbe in those dayes, to them that are with chylde, and to them that geue sucke.