13:7 For this reason all hands hang limp, 1
every human heart loses its courage. 2
13:8 They panic –
cramps and pain seize hold of them
like those of a woman who is straining to give birth.
They look at one another in astonishment;
their faces are flushed red. 3
1 tn Heb “drop”; KJV “be faint”; ASV “be feeble”; NAB “fall helpless.”
2 tn Heb “melts” (so NAB).
3 tn Heb “their faces are faces of flames.” Their faces are flushed with fear and embarrassment.