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Jeremiah 22:23

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23O 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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Cross references

  1. gver. 6
  2. hch. 6:24; See Isa. 13:8

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You residents of Lebanon,

nestled among the cedars,

how you will groan when pains come on you,

agony like a woman in labor.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Inhabitants of Lebanon,

nestled among the cedars,

how you will groan when labor pains come to you,

anguish as the woman who gives birth.

KJV 1900King James Version

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!