Jeremiah 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.
KJV
Audivit rex Babylonis famam eorum, et dissolutæ sunt manus ejus : angustia apprehendit eum, dolor quasi parturientem.
Vulgate
The king of Babylon hath heard the tidings of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
ASV
שָׁמַ֧ע מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֛ל אֶת שִׁמְעָ֖/ם וְ/רָפ֣וּ יָדָ֑י/ו צָרָה֙ הֶחֱזִיקַ֔תְ/הוּ חִ֖יל כַּ/יּוֹלֵדָֽה
Hebrew
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.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 21:7 — And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spiri
- 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 49:24 — 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.
- Jer 51:31 — One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,