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.

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.

The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

Then the birth pangs drave her to the trunk of a palm tree she said would that had died afore this and become forgotten, lost in oblivion!

Then the birth pangs drave her to the trunk of a palm tree she said would that had died afore this and become forgotten, lost in oblivion!

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counseller perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counseller perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

The birth pangs led her to the trunk of a date palm tree. Would that I had died before this, she said, and become a thing forgotten, unremembered.

The birth pangs led her to the trunk of a date palm tree. Would that I had died before this, she said, and become a thing forgotten, unremembered.

The birth pangs brought her to the trunk of a date palm. She said, I wish I had died before this and become a forgotten thing, beyond recall.

The birth pangs brought her to the trunk of a date palm. She said, I wish I had died before this and become a forgotten thing, beyond recall.

The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

Then the pangs of childbirth brought her to the base of the palm tree she said, Oh, if only had I died before this and had become forgotten, unremembered.

Then the pangs of childbirth brought her to the base of the palm tree she said, Oh, if only had I died before this and had become forgotten, unremembered.

Then the birth pangs drove her to the trunk of a palm tree and she said Oh, would that I had died before this and had been all forgotten.

Then the birth pangs drove her to the trunk of a palm tree and she said Oh, would that I had died before this and had been all forgotten.

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

Like as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs so we have been before you, Yahweh.

Like as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs so we have been before you, Yahweh.

Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!

Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!

Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

And the pangs of childbirth drove her unto the trunk of the palm tree. She said Oh, would that I had died ere this and had become a thing of naught, forgotten!

And the pangs of childbirth drove her unto the trunk of the palm tree. She said Oh, would that I had died ere this and had become a thing of naught, forgotten!

Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.

Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

But it does mean that we can quit panicking and start thinking calmly to ensure that we focus on the right issues. Global alarm bells might cause pangs of guilt for wealthy Westerners, but they don t give us an adequate understanding of what s going on.

With democracy in most of the region still a long way off indeed, perhaps a more distant prospect now than five years ago US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice repeats her mantra that the dead civilians of Beirut, Sidon, Tyre, and Gaza represent the birth pangs of a new Middle East. But until the West stops regarding dead babies as political props, we cannot understand how the Muslim world perceives all that has happened since September 11, 2001.

Who is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a lie against Allah, or saith I am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught and who saith I will reveal the like of that which Allah hath revealed? If thou couldst see, when the wrong doers reach the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out (saying) Deliver up your souls. This day ye are awarded doom of degradation for that ye spake concerning Allah other than the truth, and used to scorn His portents.

Who is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a lie against Allah, or saith I am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught and who saith I will reveal the like of that which Allah hath revealed? If thou couldst see, when the wrong doers reach the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out (saying) Deliver up your souls. This day ye are awarded doom of degradation for that ye spake concerning Allah other than the truth, and used to scorn His portents.