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Jeremiah 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.

KJV

Capta est Carioth, et munitiones comprehensæ sunt : et erit cor fortium Moab in die illa sicut cor mulieris parturientis,

Vulgate

Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

ASV

נִלְכְּדָה֙ הַ/קְּרִיּ֔וֹת וְ/הַ/מְּצָד֖וֹת נִתְפָּ֑שָׂה וְֽ֠/הָיָה לֵ֞ב גִּבּוֹרֵ֤י מוֹאָב֙ בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֔וּא כְּ/לֵ֖ב אִשָּׁ֥ה מְצֵרָֽה

Hebrew

Carioth is taken, and the strongholds are won: and the heart of the valiant men of Moab in that day shall be as the heart of a woman in labour.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גִּבּ֥וֹר
gbvr
adjective · 157×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הּ
h
verb · 121×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
verb · 53×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ם
m
verb · 65×
מְּצָד֔וֹת
mtsdvt
noun · 10×
מוֹאָ֔ב
mv'b
proper_noun · 180×
קְּרִיּ֑וֹת
qryvt
noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Amos 2:2 — But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
  • Isa 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.
  • 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.
  • Jer 6:24 — We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
  • Jer 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?
  • Jer 48:24 — And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
  • 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.
  • Jer 50:37 — A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be ro
  • Jer 51:30 — The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
  • Mic 4:9 — Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.