Isaiah 13:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And 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.”

Isaiah 13:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 13:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 13:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame.”

Isaiah 13:8 — World English Bible

Isaiah 13:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“and they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame.”

Isaiah 13:8 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 13:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And they have been troubled, Pains and pangs they take, As a travailing woman they are pained, A man at his friend they marvel, The appearance of flames--their faces!”

Isaiah 13:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 13:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“and they shall be terrified: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them, they shall writhe as a woman that travaileth; they shall be amazed one at another, their faces shall be as flames. ”

Isaiah 13:8 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 13:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And they shalbe afraid: anguish and sorowe shall take them, and they shall haue paine, as a woman that trauaileth: euery one shall be amased at his neighbour, and their faces shalbe like flames of fire.”

Isaiah 13:8 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 13:8 in Context — Isaiah 13

6 Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:

8 And 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.

9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

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What Does Isaiah 13:8 Mean?

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