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Luke 23:29

Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’

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ASV

For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

KJV

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὅτιhotiForG3754 →
ἰδοὺidoubeholdG2400 →
ἔρχονταιerchontaiare comingG2064 →
ἡμέραιhēmeraidaysG2250 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
αἷςhaiswhichG3739 →
ἐροῦσιν·erousinthey will say;G4483 →
μακάριαιmakariaiBlessed [are]G3107 →
αἱhaitheG3588 →
στεῖραιsteiraibarrenG4723 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
αἱhaitheG3588 →
κοιλίαιkoiliaiwombsG2836 →
αἳhaithatG3739 →
οὐκoukneverG3756 →
ἐγέννησανegennēsandid bearG1080 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
μαστοὶmastoibreastsG3149 →
οἳhoithatG3739 →
οὐκoukneverG3756 →
ἔθρεψαν.ethrepsanthey feed.G5142 →

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Matthew 24:19How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!Luke 21:23–24How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.Mark 13:17–19How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!Hosea 9:12–16Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!Hosea 9:14Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.Ecclesiastes 4:3But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.Luke 21:23How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.Deuteronomy 28:53–57Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.Mark 13:17How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!Job 27:14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.Luke 11:27As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”2 Kings 6:28Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’Leviticus 26:29You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.Hosea 9:11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.Jeremiah 16:2“You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.”Leviticus 20:20If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.

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