Jeremiah 6:24
our hands grow slack,
anxiety has grasped us,
pain as a woman who gives birth.
Jeremiah 6:24 — The New International Version (NIV)
24 We have heard reports about them,
and our hands hang limp.
Anguish has gripped us,
pain like that of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 6:24 — English Standard Version (ESV)
24 We have heard the report of it;
our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
pain as of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 6:24 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Jeremiah 6:24 — New Living Translation (NLT)
24 We have heard reports about the enemy,
and we wring our hands in fright.
Pangs of anguish have gripped us,
like those of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 6:24 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
24 We have heard the report of it;
Our hands grow feeble.
Anguish has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 6:24 — New Century Version (NCV)
24 We have heard the news about that army
and are helpless from fear.
We are gripped by our pain,
like a woman having a baby.
Jeremiah 6:24 — American Standard Version (ASV)
24 We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
Jeremiah 6:24 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
24 We have heard the report thereof: our hands are grown feeble; anguish hath taken hold of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth.
Jeremiah 6:24 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
24 We have heard the news about them.
Our hands hang limp.
We are gripped by anguish and pain
like a woman giving birth to a child.
Jeremiah 6:24 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
24 We have heard about it,
and we are discouraged.
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 6:24 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
24 “We have heard news of them,
our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
pain as of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 6:24 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
24 We have heard reports about them.
And our hands can’t help us.
We are suffering greatly.
It’s like the pain of a woman having a baby.
Jeremiah 6:24 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
24 We have heard the report of it;
Our hands are limp.
Anguish has seized us,
Pain as of a woman in childbirth.