Isaiæ 4:31

Nova Vulgata

Vocem enim quasi parturientis audivi, angustias ut puerperae; vox filiae Sion intermorientis expandentisque manus suas: "Vae mihi, quia defecit anima mea propter interfectores!".

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Vocem enim quasi parturientis audivi, angustias ut puerper� : vox fili� Sion intermorientis, expandentisque manus suas : V� mihi quia defecit anima mea propter interfectos !

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Vocem enim quasi parturientis audivi,
angustias ut puerper�:
vox fili� Sion intermorientis,
expandentisque manus suas:
V� mihi, quia defecit anima mea propter interfectos!]

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.