John 16:21
A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
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woman.

Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said: "I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

Isaiah 26:16-18
O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer. . . .

Jeremiah 30:6, 7
Ask and see: Can a male 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? . . .

Hosea 13:13, 14
Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time has arrived, he does not present himself at the opening of the womb. . . .

Micah 4:10
Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!

Revelation 12:2-5
She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth. . . .

for.

Genesis 21:6, 7
Then Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me." . . .

Genesis 30:23, 24
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. "God has taken away my shame, " she said. . . .

1 Samuel 1:26, 27
"Please, my lord, " said Hannah, "as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. . . .

Psalm 113:9
He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

Luke 1:57, 58
When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son. . . .

Galatians 4:27
For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman, than of her who has a husband."

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.

King James Bible
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.

International Standard Version
When a woman is in labor she has pain, because her time has come. Yet when she has given birth to her child, she doesn't remember the agony anymore because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.

NET Bible
When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because the day for her delivery has arrived, but when she has delivered a son, she does not remember the distress for the joy that a son has been born into the world.”
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