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.
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.
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.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- woman
- Genesis 3:16; Isaiah 26:16–18; Jeremiah 30:6, 7; Hosea 13:13, 14; Micah 4:10; Revelation 12:2–5
- for
- Genesis 21:6, 7; Genesis 30:23, 24; 1 Samuel 1:26, 27; Psalm 113:9; Luke 1:57, 58; Galatians 4:27