Jeremiah 30:6

Jeremiah 30:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)Ask and see: Can a man bear children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, every face turned deathly pale?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Ask now, and see, can a man bear a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor? Why has every face turned pale?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Ask now, and see, Whether a man is ever in labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins Like a woman in labor, And all faces turned pale?

Context of Jeremiah 30:6

4This is the message that the Lord spoke about Israel and Judah: 5“This is what the Lord says: “We hear cries of fear, cries of panic, not cries of peace. Ask now, and see: Can a man give birth to a child? Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain like a woman giving birth to a child? Why has every face turned pale? 7How terrible that day will be! There will be no other day like it. It will be a time of calamity for the descendants of Jacob, but they will be rescued from it. 8“On that day,” declares the Lord of Armies, “I will break the yokes off your necks and tear off your ropes. Foreigners will no longer make you serve them.

Jeremiah 30:6 word by word

שַׁאֲלוּ־נָ֣א וּרְא֔וּ אִם־יֹלֵ֖ד זָכָ֑ר מַדּוּעַ֩ רָאִ֨יתִי כָל־גֶּ֜בֶר יָדָ֤יו עַל־חֲלָצָיו֙ כַּיּ֣וֹלֵדָ֔ה וְנֶהֶפְכ֥וּ כָל־פָּנִ֖ים לְיֵרָקֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Askשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• ye now, and seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• whether a manזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• doth travail with childיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• every manגָּבֶרgeber · great manH1397
• with his handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• on his loinsחָלָץchâlâts · loinH2504
• and all facesפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• are turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• into palenessיֵרָקוֹןyêrâqôn · mildewH3420

Cross-references for Jeremiah 30:6

• Jeremiah 4:31I hear a woman in labor. I hear the woman cry with anguish as she gives birth to her first child. My people Zion are gasping for breath. They are stretching out their hands, saying, “How horrible it is for us! We’re defenseless in the presence of murderers!”
• Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the news about them. Our hands hang limp. We are gripped by anguish and pain like a woman giving birth to a child.
• Jeremiah 13:21What will you say when God makes the people you thought were your friends your new masters? Won’t pain grip you like a woman in labor?
• Jeremiah 22:23You live in Lebanon and have your nest in the cedars. But you will groan when pain strikes you, pain like a woman giving birth to a child.
• Jeremiah 49:24The people of Damascus are weak. They turn to flee, but panic grips them. Anguish and pain grip them like a woman in labor.
• Jeremiah 50:43The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and he loses courage. Anguish will grip him as pain grips a woman in labor.
• Psalms 48:6Trembling seized them like the trembling that a woman experiences during labor.
• Isaiah 13:6Cry loudly, for the day of the Lord is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty.
• Isaiah 21:3That is why my body is full of trembling. Pain grips me like the pain of childbirth. I’m disturbed by what I hear. I’m terrified by what I see.
• Daniel 5:6Then the king turned pale, and his thoughts frightened him. His hip joints became loose, and his knees knocked against each other.
• Hosea 13:13They have the opportunity to live again, but they are not smart enough to take it. They are like a baby who is about to be born but won’t come out of its mother’s womb.
• Micah 4:9Now why are you crying so loudly? Don’t you have a king? Has your counselor died? Pain grips you like a woman in labor.
• John 16:21A woman has pain when her time to give birth comes. But after the child is born, she doesn’t remember the pain anymore because she’s happy that a child has been brought into the world.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3When people say, “Everything is safe and sound!” destruction will suddenly strike them. It will be as sudden as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They won’t be able to escape.
• Isaiah 29:22This is what the Lord, who saved Abraham, says about the descendants of Jacob: Jacob will no longer be ashamed. Jacob’s face will no longer turn pale.
• Joel 2:6People are terrified in their presence. Every face turns pale.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 30:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24This series of messages is mostly positive, with only two verses having a judgmental tone (Jeremiah 30:23–24). They describe the positive outcomes of Jerusalem's destruction and the Exile.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Ask--Consult all the authorities, men or books, you can, you will not find an instance. Yet in that coming day men will be seen with their hands pressed on their loins, as women do to repress their pangs. God will drive men through pain to gestures more fitting a woman than a man (Jr 4:31; 6:24). The metaphor is often used to express the previous pain followed by the sudden deliverance of Israel, as in the case of a woman in childbirth (Is 66:7-9)…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 30:6

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings