21:3 For this reason my stomach churns; 1
cramps overwhelm me
like the contractions of a woman in labor.
I am disturbed 2 by what I hear,
horrified by what I see.
30:6 Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully: 3
Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby?
Why then do I see all these strong men
grabbing their stomachs in pain like 4 a woman giving birth?
And why do their faces
turn so deathly pale?
1 tn Heb “my waist is filled with shaking [or “anguish”].”
2 tn Or perhaps, “bent over [in pain]”; cf. NRSV “I am bowed down.”
3 tn Heb “Ask and see/consider.”
4 tn Heb “with their hands on their loins.” The word rendered “loins” refers to the area between the ribs and the thighs.