KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
John 16:21
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
ASV American Standard Version
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.
Surrounding context — John 16
18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 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.
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give [it] you.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoγυνὴG1135 · gunēwomanὅτανG3752 · hotanwhen(-ever)τίκτῃG5088 · tiktōto give birth toλύπηνG3077 · lupēgriefἔχει,G2192 · echōto have/beὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἦλθενG2064 · erchomaito come/goἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoὥραG5610 · hōrahourαὐτῆς·G846 · autosit/s/heὅτανG3752 · hotanwhen(-ever)δὲG1161 · dethenγεννήσῃG1080 · gennaōto begetτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoπαιδίον,G3813 · paidionchildοὐκέτιG3756 · ounoμνημονεύειG3421 · mnēmoneuōto rememberτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoθλίψεωςG2347 · thlipsispressureδιὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoχαράν,G5479 · charajoyὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἐγεννήθηG1080 · gennaōto begetἄνθρωποςG444 · anthrōposa humanεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoκόσμον.¶G2889 · kosmosworld
Cross-references
Psalm 113:9He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.Isaiah 13:8And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces [shall be as] flames.Jeremiah 30:6-7Ask 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?1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.Isaiah 26:16-18LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them.Hosea 13:13-14The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he [is] an unwise son; for he should not stay long in [the place of] the breaking forth of children.Revelation 12:2-5And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.Micah 4:10Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go [even] to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.Genesis 30:23-24And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:Galatians 4:27For it is written, Rejoice, [thou] barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.Luke 1:57-58Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.1 Samuel 1:26-27And she said, Oh my lord, [as] thy soul liveth, my lord, I [am] the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.Genesis 3:16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.Genesis 21:6-7And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me.
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