Revelation 12:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

She was pregnant. She cried out from labor pains and the agony of giving birth.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

ASV:

and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered.

BBE:

And she was with child; and she gave a cry, in the pains of childbirth.

DBY:

and being with child she cried, being in travail, and in pain to bring forth.

ERV:

and she was with child: and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered.

WEY:

and she was crying out in the pains and agony of childbirth.

WBS:

And she being with child, cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

WEB:

She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.

YLT:

and being with child she doth cry out, travailing and pained to bring forth.

Revelation 12:2 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 26:17 As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth, She writhes and cries out in her labor pains, Thus were we before You, O LORD.

Isaiah 66:6 "A voice of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple, The voice of the LORD who is rendering recompense to His enemies.

Micah 4:9 "Now, why do you cry out loudly? Is there no king among you, Or has your counselor perished, That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:2 And {3} she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
(3) For this is the barren woman who had not given birth; Isa 45:1, Ga 4:27. She cried out with good cause, and was tormented at that time, when in the judgment of all she seemed near to death, about to die because of her weakness and poverty.

PNT:

12:2 She being with child cried. Again we must let the Scripture explain its own meaning. As soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children (Isa 66:8). The travail of Zion causeth an increase. See also Isa 54:1 49:20, where the same figure is used. The state of the woman therefore implies a Church in sorrow, a suffering Church, but out of whose suffering there cometh an increase of the saints. It is a period when the saints are multiplied in the midst of persecution.

WES:

12:2 And being with child she crieth, travailing in birth - The very pain, without any outward opposition, would constrain a woman in travail to cry out. These cries, throes, and pains to be delivered, were the painful longings, the sighs, and prayers of the saints for the coming of the kingdom of God. The woman groaned and travailed in spirit, that Christ might appear, as the Shepherd and King of all nations.

MHC:

12:1-6 The church, under the emblem of a woman, the mother of believers, was seen by the apostle in vision, in heaven. She was clothed with the sun, justified, sanctified, and shining by union with Christ, the Sun of Righteousness. The moon was under her feet; she was superior to the reflected and feebler light of the revelation made by Moses. Having on her head a crown of twelve stars; the doctrine of the gospel, preached by the twelve apostles, is a crown of glory to all true believers. As in pain to bring forth a holy family; desirous that the conviction of sinners might end in their conversion. A dragon is a known emblem of Satan, and his chief agents, or those who govern for him on earth, at that time the pagan empire of Rome, the city built upon seven hills. As having ten horns, divided into ten kingdoms. Having seven crowns, representing seven forms of government. As drawing with his tail a third part of the stars in heaven, and casting them down to the earth; persecuting and seducing the ministers and teachers. As watchful to crush the Christian religion; but in spite of the opposition of enemies, the church brought forth a manly issue of true and faithful professors, in whom Christ was truly formed anew; even the mystery of Christ, that Son of God who should rule the nations, and in whose right his members partake the same glory. This blessed offspring was protected of God.

CONC:

Agony Anguish Birth Bring Child Childbirth Cried Crieth Cry Crying Delivered Delivery Forth Labor Laboring Pain Pained Pains Pangs Travail Travailing

Agony Anguish Birth Child Childbirth Cried Crieth Cry Crying Delivered Delivery Forth Laboring Pain Pained Pains Pangs Pregnant Travail Travailing

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