Jeremiah 30:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Ask now, and see whether a man is in labor with a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in labor, and all faces turned pale?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שַׁאֲלוּ־נָ֣א וּרְא֔וּ אִם־יֹלֵ֖ד זָכָ֑ר מַדּוּעַ֩ רָאִ֨יתִי כָל־גֶּ֜בֶר יָדָ֤יו עַל־חֲלָצָיו֙ כַּיּ֣וֹלֵדָ֔ה וְנֶהֶפְכ֥וּ כָל־פָּנִ֖ים לְיֵרָקֽוֹן

Transliteration

šaʾălû-nāʾ and-rᵉʾû if-yōlēḏ zāḵār maddûaʿ rāʾîṯî all-geḇer yāḏāyw on-ḥălāṣāyw like-kayyôlēḏāh and-nehepeḵû all-pānîm to-yērāqôn

Grammar Details

• *šaʾălû-nāʾ*: qal imperative masculine plural + particle of entreaty - ask, please
• *rᵉʾû*: qal imperative masculine plural - see/look
• *yōlēḏ*: qal active participle masculine singular - gives birth
• *zāḵār*: masculine singular noun - male
• *maddûaʿ*: interrogative adverb - why
• *rāʾîṯî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have seen
• *geḇer*: masculine singular noun - man/strong man
• *yāḏāyw*: feminine dual noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hands
• *ḥălāṣāyw*: masculine dual noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his loins/sides
• *kayyôlēḏāh*: preposition + definite article + qal active participle feminine singular - like the woman giving birth
• *nehepeḵû*: niphal perfect 3rd person common plural - they are turned/changed
• *pānîm*: masculine plural noun - faces
• *yērāqôn*: masculine singular noun - paleness/jaundice

Word Meanings

• *geḇer*: man/strong man/warrior
• *ḥălāṣāyw*: loins/sides/thighs
• *nehepeḵû*: turned/changed/transformed
• *yērāqôn*: paleness/jaundice/greenness

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Ask now and see: Can a man give birth? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, and every face turned pale?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Ask{H7592} ye now, and see{H7200} whether a man{H2145} doth travail with child:{H3205} wherefore do I see{H7200} every man{H1397} with his hands{H3027} on his loins,{H2504} as a woman in travail,{H3205} and all faces{H6440} are turned{H2015} into paleness?{H3420}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Ask{H7592}{(H8798)} ye now, and see{H7200}{(H8798)} whether a man{H2145} doth travail with child{H3205}{(H8802)}? wherefore do I see{H7200}{(H8804)} every man{H1397} with his hands{H3027} on his loins{H2504}, as a woman in travail{H3205}{(H8802)}, and all faces{H6440} are turned{H2015}{(H8738)} into paleness{H3420}?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For what els doth this signifie, that I se? Namely, that all stronge men smyte, euery man his honde vpon his loynes, as a woman in the payne of hir trauayle. Who euer sawe a man trauayle with childe? Enquere therafter, & se. Yee all their faces are maruelous pale.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Demand now and beholde, if man trauayle with childe? wherefore doe I beholde euery man with his hands on his loynes as a woman in trauaile, and all faces are turned into a palenesse?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For what els doth this signifie that I see? namely that all strong men smite euery man his hande vpon his loynes, as a woman in the payne of her trauayle: Who euer sawe a man trauayle with childe? Enquire therafter and see, yea all their faces are marueylous pale.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Ask now, and see whether a man does travail with child: why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Ask, I pray you, and see, is a male bringing forth? Wherefore have I seen every man, His hands on his loins, as a travailing woman, And all faces have been turned to paleness?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Put the question and see if it is possible for a man to have birth-pains: why do I see every man with his hands gripping his sides, as a woman does when the pains of birth are on her, and all faces are turned green?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Ask now, and see whether a man does travail with child: why do I see every man with his hands on his waist, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully: Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby? Why then do I see all these strong men grabbing their stomachs in pain like a woman giving birth? And why do their faces turn so deathly pale?

Referenced Verses

• Jer 4:31 : 31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor, and the anguish as of her that brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewails herself, that spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
• Joel 2:6 : 6 Before them the people shall be much pained; all faces shall gather blackness.
• Nah 2:10 : 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees strike together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather paleness.
• Hos 13:13 : 13 The sorrows of a laboring woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
• 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
• Jer 6:24 : 24 We have heard the report, our hands grow weak; anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in labor.
• Ps 48:6 : 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in labor.
• Isa 21:3 : 3 Therefore my loins are filled with pain; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I was bent over when I heard it; I was dismayed when I saw it.
• Jer 22:23 : 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how gracious shall you be when pangs come upon you, the pain as of a woman in labor!
• Jer 49:24 : 24 Damascus has become feeble, and turns herself to flee, and fear has seized her: anguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in labor.
• Jer 50:43 : 43 The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, and his hands grew feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in labor.
• Dan 5:6 : 6 Then the king's face changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened, and his knees knocked against each other.
• Isa 29:22 : 22 Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now grow pale.
• Isa 13:6-9 : 6 Howl; for the day of the LORD is near; it will come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every man's heart will melt: 8 And they will be afraid: pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; they will be in pain as a woman in labor: they will be amazed at one another; their faces will be like flames. 9 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he will destroy the sinners out of it.
• Mic 4:9-9 : 9 Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished? For pangs have taken you like a woman in labor. 10 Be in pain and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you shall go forth out of the city, and you shall dwell in the field, and you shall go even to Babylon; there you shall be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
• John 16:21-22 : 21 A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come: but as soon as she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a man has been born into the world. 22 And now you have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
• Jer 13:21 : 21 What will you say when he shall punish you? For you have taught them to be captains, and as chief over you: shall sorrows not take hold of you, as a woman in labor?