Romans 8:22

Modern

We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.

Traditional

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

Literal

For we know that all the creation groans together and travails together until now.

Latin

Scimus enim quod omnis creatura ingemiscit, et parturit usque adhuc.

Greek

English

We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.

the pains of childbirth: This is a metaphor for the eager waiting of creation (see also Matthew 24:8; Mark 13:8; John 16:20–22).

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah 12:4
How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
Jeremiah 12:11
They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.
John 16:21
A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
Romans 8:20
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
Colossians 1:23
…if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
Mark 16:15
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Psalm 48:6
Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
Revelation 12:2
She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.