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Jeremiah 49:24

Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

KJV

Dissoluta est Damascus, versa est in fugam : tremor apprehendit eam, angustia et dolores tenuerunt eam quasi parturientem.

Vulgate

Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

ASV

רָפְתָ֥ה דַמֶּ֛שֶׂק הִפְנְתָ֥ה לָ/נ֖וּס וְ/רֶ֣טֶט הֶחֱזִ֑יקָה צָרָ֧ה וַ/חֲבָלִ֛ים אֲחָזַ֖תָּ/ה כַּ/יּוֹלֵדָֽה

Hebrew

Damascus is undone, she is put to flight, trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in labour.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק
dmshq
proper_noun · 45×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
חֶ֣בֶל
chbl
noun · 61×
יִּ֤פֶן
ypn
verb · 135×
ךָ֖
k
verb · 46×
נִי
ny
verb · 68×
נָ֖סוּ
nsv
verb · 161×
צָרָֽה
tsrh
noun · 72×
רֶ֣טֶט
rtt
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 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.
  • 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 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 50:43 — 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.