²⁹For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, ^lBlessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

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lSo Matt. 24:19. Mark 13:17. ch. 21:23. Comp. Hos. 9:12–14, 16.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Look, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the women without children, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed!’

NLTNew Living Translation

For the days are coming when they will say, ‘Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For behold, days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and the breasts that did not nurse!’