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Isaiah 13:8

And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

KJV

et conteretur. Torsiones et dolores tenebunt ; quasi parturiens dolebunt : unusquisque ad proximum suum stupebit, facies combustæ vultus eorum.

Vulgate

ταραχθήσονται οἱ πρέσβεις, καὶ ὠδῖνες αὐτοὺς ἕξουσιν ὡς γυναικὸς τικτούσης· καὶ συμφοράσουσιν ἕτερος πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον ⸆ καὶ ἐκστήσονται, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν ὡς φλὸξ μεταβαλοῦσιν.

LXX

and they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame.

ASV

וְֽ/נִבְהָ֓לוּ צִירִ֤ים וַֽ/חֲבָלִים֙ יֹֽאחֵז֔וּ/ן כַּ/יּוֹלֵדָ֖ה יְחִיל֑וּ/ן אִ֤ישׁ אֶל רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙ יִתְמָ֔הוּ פְּנֵ֥י לְהָבִ֖ים פְּנֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
הוּ
hv
verb · 38×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
חֶ֣בֶל
chbl
noun · 61×
לַ֖הַב
lhb
noun · 12×
ן
n
verb · 61×
נִי
ny
verb · 68×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צִ֖יר
tsyr
noun · 12×
תִּתְמַ֖הּ
ttmh
verb · 9×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 5:3 — For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
  • Hos 13:13 — The sorrows of a travailing 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.
  • Isa 21:3 — Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
  • Isa 21:3 — Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
  • Isa 26:17 — Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
  • Isa 26:17 — Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
  • Jer 13:21 — What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
  • Jer 48:41 — Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
  • Jer 49:22 — Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
  • Joel 2:6 — Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
  • John 16:21 — A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
  • Nah 2:10 — She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.