Jeremiah 50:43
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.”
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“The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The king of Babylon hath heard the tidings of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Heard hath the king of Babylon their report, And feeble have been his hands, Distress hath seized him; pain as a travailing woman.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 50:43 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Isaiah 21:3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
- Jeremiah 49:22Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
- Jeremiah 49:24Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.
- Jeremiah 51:31One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
- Daniel 5:5At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
- Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
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