Jeremiah 50:43
43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them,
And his hands waxed feeble:
fAnguish took hold of him,
And pangs as of a woman in travail.
Jeremiah 50:43 — The New International Version (NIV)
43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands hang limp.
Anguish has gripped him,
pain like that of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:43 — English Standard Version (ESV)
43 “The king of Babylon heard the report of them,
and his hands fell helpless;
anguish seized him,
pain as of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:43 — New Living Translation (NLT)
43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about the enemy,
and he is weak with fright.
Pangs of anguish have gripped him,
like those of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:43 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
43 “The king of Babylon has heard the report about them,
And his hands grow feeble;
Anguish has taken hold of him,
Pangs as of a woman in childbirth.
Jeremiah 50:43 — New Century Version (NCV)
43 The king of Babylon heard about those armies,
and he became helpless with fear.
Distress has gripped him.
His pain is like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.
Jeremiah 50:43 — American Standard Version (ASV)
43 The king of Babylon hath heard the tidings of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
Jeremiah 50:43 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands wax feeble; trouble hath taken hold of him, pangs as of a woman in travail.
Jeremiah 50:43 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and he loses courage.
Anguish will grip him as pain grips a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:43 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands fall helpless.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:43 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
43 The king of Babylon heard news of them,
and his hands fell helpless;
anguish seized him,
pain like that of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:43 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
43 The king of Babylon heard their report
and his hands grew slack.
Anxiety has seized him,
fear and pain like the woman who gives birth.
Jeremiah 50:43 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
43 The king of Babylonia has heard reports about them.
His hands can’t help him.
He is in great pain.
It is like the pain of a woman having a baby.
Jeremiah 50:43 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
43 “The king of Babylon has heard the report about them,
And his hands hang limp;
Distress has gripped him,
Agony like a woman in childbirth.