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Jeremiah 30:6

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30:6Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully:11

Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby?

Why then do I see all these strong men

grabbing their stomachs in pain like12 a woman giving birth?

And why do their faces

turn so deathly pale?

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Footnotes

  1. 11 Heb “Ask and see/consider.”
  2. 12 Heb “with their hands on their loins.” The word rendered “loins” refers to the area between the ribs and the thighs.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Ask now, and see,

can a man bear a child?

Why then do I see every man

with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor?

Why has every face turned pale?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Ask and see:

Can a man bear children?

Then why do I see every strong man

with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor,

every face turned deathly pale?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Ask and see

whether a male can give birth.

Why then do I see every man

with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor

and every face turned pale?

NLTNew Living Translation

Now let me ask you a question:

Do men give birth to babies?

Then why do they stand there, ashen-faced,

hands pressed against their sides

like a woman in labor?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Ask please and see whether a male can bear a child.

Why do I see every strong man

with his hands on his loins like a woman giving birth?

And why are all their faces changed to paleness?

KJV 1900King James Version

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?

Wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail,

And all faces are turned into paleness?