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

4Now these are the words which the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah: 5“For this is what the Lord says: ‘I have heard a sound of terror, Of fear, and there is no peace. Ask now, and see If a male can give birth. Why do I see every man With his hands on his waist, as a woman in childbirth? And why have all faces turned pale? 7Woe, for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s distress, Yet he will be saved from it. 8‘It shall come about on that day,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘that I will break his yoke from their necks and will tear to pieces their restraints; and strangers will no longer make them their slaves.

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

• Askשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• nowנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• and seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• Ifאִם'im · if: surely yesH518
• a maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• can giveיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• Whyמַדּוּעַmaddûa‛ maddûa‛ · why?H4069
• everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• manגָּבֶרgeber · great manH1397
• his handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• on his waistחָלָץchâlâts · loinH2504
• facesפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• paleיֵרָקוֹןyêrâqôn · mildewH3420

Cross-references for Jeremiah 30:6

• Jeremiah 4:31For I heard a voice cry as of a woman in labor, The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child. The voice of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, Stretching out her hands, saying, “Ah, woe to me, for I faint before murderers.”
• Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. Anguish has seized us, Pain like that of a woman in childbirth.
• Jeremiah 13:21What will you say when He appoints over you-- And you yourself had taught them-- Former companions to be head over you? Will sharp pains not take hold of you Like a woman in childbirth?
• Jeremiah 22:23You who live in Lebanon, Nested in the cedars, How you will groan when sharp pains come on you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!
• Jeremiah 49:24Damascus has become helpless; She has turned away to flee, And panic has gripped her; Distress and labor pains have seized her Like a woman in childbirth.
• Jeremiah 50:43The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, And his hands hang limp; Distress has gripped him, Agony like a woman in childbirth.
• Psalms 48:6Panic seized them there, Anguish, as that of a woman in childbirth.
• Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the day of the Lord is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• Isaiah 21:3For this reason my loins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
• Daniel 5:6Then the king’s face became pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints loosened and his knees began knocking together.
• Hosea 13:13The pains of childbirth come on him; He is not a wise son, For it is not the time that he should delay at the opening of the womb.
• Micah 4:9“Now, why do you cry out loudly? Is there no king among you, Or has your counselor perished, That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
• John 16:21Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
• Isaiah 29:22Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, says concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob will not be ashamed now, nor will his face turn pale now;
• Joel 2:6Before them the people are in anguish; All faces turn 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

• Birth
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Jeremiah (2)
• Mildew
• Pain

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