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Micah 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.

KJV

Nunc quare mœrore contraheris ? numquid rex non est tibi, aut consiliarius tuus periit, quia comprehendit te dolor sicut parturientem ?

Vulgate

Καὶ νῦν ἵνα τί ἔγνως κακά; μὴ βασιλεὺς οὐκ ἦν σοι; ἢ ἡ βουλή σου ἀπώλετο ὅτι κατεκράτησάν σου ὠδῖνες ὡς τικτούσης;

LXX

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee, is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?

ASV

עַתָּ֕ה לָ֥/מָּה תָרִ֖יעִי רֵ֑עַ הֲ/מֶ֣לֶךְ אֵֽין בָּ֗/ךְ אִֽם יוֹעֲצֵ/ךְ֙ אָבָ֔ד כִּֽי הֶחֱזִיקֵ֥/ךְ חִ֖יל כַּ/יּוֹלֵדָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
ה
h
noun · 3×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
הָרִ֨יעוּ֙
hry'v
verb · 43×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
חִ֖יל
chyl
noun · 7×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 183×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נֽוֹעָצִ֔ים
nv'tsym
verb · 79×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×

Historic Christian voices

4 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.
  • Gen 3:16 — Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
  • Hos 10:3 — For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
  • 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 3:1 — For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
  • 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 30:19 — For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
  • Jer 8:19 — Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their gra
  • 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 48:41 — 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.
  • Lam 4:20 — The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
  • Mic 5:3 — Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.