Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 30:6
6Ask now, and see whether a man can give birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, like a woman giving birth? Why have all faces turned pale?
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 that Adonai spoke to Israel and to Judah. 5For thus says Adonai: “We heard a sound of trembling, of dread—there is no shalom. Ask now, and see whether a man can give birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, like a woman giving birth? Why have all faces turned pale? 7Oy ! For that day is monumental. There will be none like it— a time of trouble for Jacob! Yet out of it he will be saved. 8It will be in that day” —it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot— “that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will tear off your bonds. Foreigners will no longer enslave him.
Read all of Jeremiah 30Jeremiah 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 4:31For I heard a cry like one in labor, the anguish of one giving birth to her first child— the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands saying, “Oy , now to me! For my soul faints before murderers.”
- Jeremiah 6:24“We have heard of their fame. Our hands hang limp; anguish has gripped us, pain like a woman in labor.
- Jeremiah 13:21What will you say, when He sets up the allies you cultivated for yourself, over you as head? Will not labor pains seize you, like a woman in travail?
- Jeremiah 22:23O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come on you, pain like a woman in travail!
- Jeremiah 49:24Damascus has become feeble. She turns away to flee, panic grips her, anguish and pangs have seized her, like a woman in travail.
- Jeremiah 50:43Babylon’s king heard news of them. His hands droop; anguish grabs him, agony like a woman in labor.
- Psalms 48:6They saw, then they were astounded, they fled in terror.
- Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the day of Adonai is near! it will come as destruction from Shaddai.
- Isaiah 21:3Therefore my body is filled with pain. Pangs have taken hold of me like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bewildered by what I hear, terrified by what I see.
- Daniel 5:6The color drained from the king’s face, his thoughts alarmed him, his hips gave way and his knees began knocking together.
- Hosea 13:13Pains of birth come on him. He is not a wise son. When the time comes, he should not delay at the opening of the womb.
- Micah 4:9Why are you crying out aloud now? Is there no King within you? Has your counselor perished, so that agony has gripped you like birth pangs?
- John 16:21“When 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 human being has been born into the world.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3When they are saying, “Shalom and safety,” sudden destruction comes upon them like a woman having birth pains in the womb—there is no way they will escape.
- Isaiah 29:22Therefore, thus says Adonai, Redeemer of Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob will no longer be ashamed, no longer will his face grow pale;
- Joel 2:6Before them peoples are in anguish. All faces become ashen gray.
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
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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
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