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Revelation 12:2

And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

KJV

καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα, καὶ κράζει ὠδίνουσα καὶ βασανιζομένη τεκεῖν.

Greek NT

et in utero habens, clamabat parturiens, et cruciabatur ut pariat.

Vulgate

and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered.

ASV

And being with child, she cried travailing in birth: and was in pain to be delivered.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βασανίζω
basanizo
verb · 12×
γαστήρ
gaster
noun · 9×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κράζω
krazo
verb · 55×
τίκτω
tikto
verb · 18×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὠδίνω
odino
verb · 3×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: καὶ κράζει | WH/NIV: καὶ κράζει | Treg: κράζει | RP: ἔκραζεν
  • καὶ κράζειSBLGNT
  • καὶ κράζειWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • κράζειTregelles
  • ἔκραζενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gal 4:19 — My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
  • Gal 4:27 — For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
  • Isa 53:11 — He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
  • Isa 54:1 — Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wi
  • Isa 66:7 — Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Rev 12:4 — And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it wa
  • Rev 12:4 — And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it wa
  • Rev 12:5 — And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.