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Jeremiah 22:23

23  O inhabitant of gLebanon,

nested among the cedars,

how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,

hpain as of a woman in labor!”

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Jeremiah 22:23 — The New International Version (NIV)

23 You who live in ‘Lebanon,’

who are nestled in cedar buildings,

how you will groan when pangs come upon you,

pain like that of a woman in labor!

Jeremiah 22:23 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars,

How gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee,

The pain as of a woman in travail!

Jeremiah 22:23 — New Living Translation (NLT)

23 It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace

paneled with wood from the cedars of Lebanon,

but soon you will groan with pangs of anguish—

anguish like that of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 22:23 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,

Making your nest in the cedars,

How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you,

Like the pain of a woman in labor?

Jeremiah 22:23 — New Century Version (NCV)

23 King, you live in your palace,

cozy in your rooms of cedar.

But when your punishment comes, how you will groan

like a woman giving birth to a baby!

Jeremiah 22:23 — American Standard Version (ASV)

23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

Jeremiah 22:23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

23 Thou inhabitress of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how pitiful shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, pain as of a woman in travail!

Jeremiah 22:23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

23 You live in Lebanon and have your nest in the cedars. 

But you will groan when pain strikes you, 

pain like a woman giving birth to a child. 

Jeremiah 22:23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

23 You residents of Lebanon,

nestled among the cedars,

how you will groan when labor pains come on you,

agony like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 22:23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,

nested among the cedars,

how you will groan when pangs come upon you,

pain as of a woman in labor!

Jeremiah 22:23 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

23 Inhabitants of Lebanon,

nestled among the cedars,

how you will groan when labor pains come to you,

anguish as the woman who gives birth.

Jeremiah 22:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

23 Some of you live in Jerusalem in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

You are comfortable in your cedar buildings.

But you will groan when pain comes on you.

It will be like the pain of a woman having a baby.

Jeremiah 22:23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

23 “You who dwell in Lebanon,

Nested in the cedars,

How you will groan when pangs come upon you,

Pain like a woman in childbirth!


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