Isaiah 13:8

The Burden against Babylon · Isaiah 13:1–22
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Translations

Modern
Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
Traditional
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Literal
…and they will be afraid; pains and pangs will seize them; like a woman in labor they will writhe. Each man to his neighbor will look with astonishment, with faces aflame—their faces.
Latin
…et conteretur. Torsiones et dolores tenebunt; quasi parturiens dolebunt: unusquisque ad proximum suum stupebit, facies combustæ vultus eorum.

Interlinear

Hebrew
English
Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.

Notes

writhe like a woman in labor: The day of the Lord brings sudden and overpowering pain and fear for the wicked (see also Jeremiah 30:6; Hosea 13:13; Micah 4:9, 10; 5:3).

Events

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Day of the Lord Isaiah, Book of Lucifer

Topics

Babylon: Predictions Respecting: Destruction of Birth: Pangs in Giving Wicked (People): Punishment of