Verse 17

Like{H3644} as a woman with child{H2030}, that draweth near{H7126}{(H8686)} the time of her delivery{H3205}{(H8800)}, is in pain{H2342}{(H8799)}, and crieth out{H2199}{(H8799)} in her pangs{H2256}; so have we been in thy sight{H6440}, O LORD{H3068}.

Referenced Verses

  • John 16:21 : 21 A woman{G1135} when{G3752} she is in travail{G5088}{(G5725)} hath{G2192}{(G5719)} sorrow{G3077}, because{G3754} her{G846} hour{G5610} is come{G2064}{(G5627)}: but{G1161} as soon as{G3752} she is delivered{G1080}{(G5661)} of the child{G3813}, she remembereth{G3421}{(G5719)} no more{G3765} the anguish{G2347}, for{G1223} joy{G5479} that{G3754} a man{G444} is born{G1080}{(G5681)} into{G1519} the world{G2889}.
  • Isa 13:8 : 8 And they shall be afraid{H926}{(H8738)}: pangs{H6735} and sorrows{H2256} shall take hold{H270}{(H8799)} of them; they shall be in pain{H2342}{(H8799)} as a woman that travaileth{H3205}{(H8802)}: they shall be amazed{H8539}{(H8799)} one{H376} at another{H7453}; their faces{H6440} shall be as flames{H3851}.
  • Isa 21:3 : 3 Therefore are my loins{H4975} filled{H4390}{(H8804)} with pain{H2479}: pangs{H6735} have taken hold{H270}{(H8804)} upon me, as the pangs{H6735} of a woman that travaileth{H3205}{(H8802)}: I was bowed down{H5753}{(H8738)} at the hearing{H8085}{(H8800)} of it; I was dismayed{H926}{(H8738)} at the seeing{H7200}{(H8800)} of it.
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For{G1063} when{G3752} they shall say{G3004}{(G5725)}, Peace{G1515} and{G2532} safety{G803}; then{G5119} sudden{G160} destruction{G3639} cometh upon{G2186}{(G5731)} them{G846}, as{G5618} travail{G5604} upon{G1722} a woman with child{G1064}{G2192}{(G5723)}; and{G2532} they shall{G1628} not{G3364} escape{G1628}{(G5632)}.
  • Ps 48:6 : 6 Fear{H7461} took hold{H270}{H8804)} upon them there, and pain{H2427}, as of a woman in travail{H3205}{H8802)}.
  • Jer 4:31 : 31 For I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} a voice{H6963} as of a woman in travail{H2470}{(H8802)}, and the anguish{H6869} as of her that bringeth forth her first child{H1069}{(H8688)}, the voice{H6963} of the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726}, that bewaileth{H3306}{(H8691)} herself, that spreadeth{H6566}{(H8762)} her hands{H3709}, saying, Woe{H188} is me now! for my soul{H5315} is wearied{H5888}{(H8804)} because of murderers{H2026}{(H8802)}.
  • Jer 6:24 : 24 We have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} the fame{H8089} thereof: our hands{H3027} wax feeble{H7503}{(H8804)}: anguish{H6869} hath taken hold{H2388}{(H8689)} of us, and pain{H2427}, as of a woman in travail{H3205}{(H8802)}.
  • Jer 30:6 : 6 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}?