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Jeremiah 6:24

What does Jeremiah 6:24 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 6:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The news of it has come to our ears; our hands have become feeble: trouble has come on us and pain, like the pain of a woman in childbirth.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

We have heard the fame thereof, our hands grow feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, as a woman in labour.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

We have heard the report thereof: our hands are grown feeble; anguish hath taken hold of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth.

Context

v.23They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.

v.24This passage

v.25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Micah 4:9

    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?

  • Jeremiah 30:6

    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?

  • Jeremiah 22:23

    O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

  • Ezekiel 21:6

    Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

  • Psalms 48:6

    Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.

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