Isaiah 21:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.”

Isaiah 21:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 21:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 21:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have seized me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I am so dismayed that I can’t see.”

Isaiah 21:3 — World English Bible

Isaiah 21:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see. ”

Isaiah 21:3 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 21:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Therefore filled have been my loins <FI>with<Fi> great pain, Pangs have seized me as pangs of a travailing woman, I have been bent down by hearing, I have been troubled by seeing.”

Isaiah 21:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 21:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see. ”

Isaiah 21:3 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 21:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Therefore are my loynes filled with sorow: sorowes haue taken me as the sorowes of a woman that trauayleth: I was bowed downe when I heard it, and I was amased when I sawe it.”

Isaiah 21:3 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 21:3 in Context — Isaiah 21

1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

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What Does Isaiah 21:3 Mean?

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