Jeremia 4:31

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Want ik hoor gekerm als van een die weeen heeft, angstkreten als van een die voor het eerst baart; het is Sions dochter, die naar adem hijgt, de handen uitbreidt: Wee mij! machteloos ben ik aan moordenaars overgeleverd.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Want ik hoor ene stem als van ene barende, een angstgeschrei als van ene, die voor het eerst in barensnood is; de stem der dochter van Sion, die klaagt en de handen uitbreidt, zeggende: Wee mij, ik moet bijna vergaan vanwege de moordenaars.

Staten Vertaling
Want ik hoor een stem als van een vrouw, die in arbeid is, een benauwdheid als van een, die in des eersten kinds nood is, de stem van de dochter Sions; zij hijgt, zij breidt haar handen uit, zeggende: O, wee mij nu, want mijn ziel is moede vanwege de doodslagers!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have heard: Jeremiah 6:24, Jeremiah 13:21, Jeremiah 22:23, Jeremiah 30:6, Jeremiah 48:41, Jeremiah 49:22, Jeremiah 49:24, Jeremiah 50:43, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 21:3, Hosea 13:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:3

the voice: Jeremiah 6:2, Jeremiah 6:23, Matthew 21:5

spreadeth: Isaiah 1:15, Lamentations 1:17

Woe: Jeremiah 10:19, Jeremiah 15:18, Jeremiah 45:2, Psalms 120:5, Isaiah 6:5, Micah 7:1, 1 Corinthians 9:16

for my: Genesis 27:46, Job 10:1

because: Jeremiah 14:18, Jeremiah 18:21, Lamentations 1:20, Lamentations 2:21, Ezekiel 9:5, Ezekiel 9:6, Ezekiel 23:46, Ezekiel 23:47

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:16 - in sorrow Isaiah 26:17 - General Jeremiah 4:13 - Woe Jeremiah 5:31 - and what Jeremiah 8:19 - the voice Jeremiah 9:19 - a voice Jeremiah 18:22 - a cry Lamentations 1:8 - she sigheth Lamentations 2:18 - let tears Amos 5:16 - Wailing Zephaniah 1:10 - the noise Matthew 2:18 - lamentation Mark 13:8 - sorrows

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail,.... So the distress of the Jews, at the time of their destruction, is compared to the sorrows of a woman in travail; and a word, that signifies that is used to express it, Matthew 24:8:

and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child; whose time is more difficult, her pains sharper, her anguish greater, and, having less experience, the more impatient:

the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself; her unhappy condition, and miserable circumstances:

that spreadeth her hands; as persons in distress do, and particularly women in travail: saying,

woe is me now, for my soul is wearied because of murderers: these abounded: under the second temple, and was the reason, the Jews say: m, of the sanhedrim removing from their usual place in the temple; and why they ceased from the beheading of the red heifer n.

m T. Bab. Avoda Zara, fol. 8. 2. n Misn. Sota, c. 9. sect. 9.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For a cry have I heard as of one writhing in vain:

Anguish as of one that bringeth forth her first-born:

The cry of the daughter of Zion.

She gasps for breath: she stretches out her palms:

Woe is me! for my soul faints before the murderers.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 4:31. Bringeth forth her first child — In such a case the fear, danger, and pain were naturally the greatest.

Spreadeth her hands — The gesture indicated by nature to signify distress, and implore help. We have met with this figure in other parts, and among the classic writers it is frequent.