Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The king of Babylonia hears the news, and his hands hang limp. He is seized by anguish, by pain like a woman in labor. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands are grown feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, pangs as a woman in labour. king Jeremiah 51:31 One running post shall meet another, and messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from one end to the other: Isaiah 13:6-8 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord. . . . Isaiah 21:3,4 Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it. . . . Daniel 5:5,6 In the same hour there appeared fingers, as it were of the hand of a man, writing over against the candlestick, upon the surface of the wall of the king's palace: and the king beheld the joints of the hand that wrote. . . . pangs Jeremiah 49:22,24 Behold he shall come up as an eagle, and fly: and he shall spread his wings over Bosra: and in that day the heart of the valiant ones of Edom shall be as the heart of a woman in labour. . . . Context The Destruction of Babylon…42They shall take the bow and the shield: they are cruel and unmerciful: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses: like a man prepared for battle against thee, O daughter of Babylon. 43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands are grown feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, pangs as a woman in labour.44Behold he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan to the strong and beautiful: for I will make him run suddenly upon her: and who shall be the chosen one whom I may appoint over her? for who is like to me? and who shall bear up against me? and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance?… Cross References Jeremiah 6:24 We have heard the fame thereof, our hands grow feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, as a woman in labour. Jeremiah 30:6 Ask ye, and see if a man bear children? why then have I seen every man with his hands on his loins, like a woman in labour, and all faces are turned yellow? Jeremiah 49:24 Damascus is undone, she is put to flight, trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in labour. Jeremiah 51:31 One running post shall meet another, and messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from one end to the other: Jump to Previous Agony Anguish Babylon Childbirth Distress Fame Feeble Fell Gripped Hands Hang Heard Helpless Hold Limp News Pain Pangs Report Reports Seized Travail Trouble Wax WaxedJump to Next Agony Anguish Babylon Childbirth Distress Fame Feeble Fell Gripped Hands Hang Heard Helpless Hold Limp News Pain Pangs Report Reports Seized Travail Trouble Wax WaxedLinks Jeremiah 50:43 NIVJeremiah 50:43 NLT Jeremiah 50:43 ESV Jeremiah 50:43 NASB Jeremiah 50:43 Bible Apps Jeremiah 50:43 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 50:43 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 50:43 French Bible Jeremiah 50:43 German Bible Alphabetical: a about Agony and Anguish Babylon childbirth Distress gripped hands hang has heard him his in king labor like limp of pain report reports that The them woman OT Prophets: Jeremiah 50:43 The king of Babylon has heard (Jer.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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