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Jeremiah 50:43

NETBible	The king of Babylon will become paralyzed with fear¹ when he hears news of their coming.² Anguish will grip him, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.³
NIV © biblegateway Jer 50:43	The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labour.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 50:43	"The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, And his hands hang limp; Distress has gripped him, Agony like a woman in childbirth.
NLT © biblegateway Jer 50:43	The king of Babylon has received reports about the enemy, and he is weak with fright. Fear and pain have gripped him, like that of a woman about to give birth.
MSG © biblegateway Jer 50:43	Babylon's king hears them coming. He goes white as a ghost, limp as a dishrag. Terror-stricken, he doubles up in pain, helpless to fight, like a woman giving birth to a baby.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 50:43	The king of Babylon has had news of them, and his hands have become feeble: trouble has come on him and pain like the pain of a woman in childbirth.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 50:43	The king of Babylon heard news of them, and his hands fell helpless; anguish seized him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 50:43	"The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, And his hands grow feeble; Anguish has taken hold of him, Pangs as of a woman in childbirth.
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KJV	The king <04428> of Babylon <0894> hath heard <08085> (8804) the report <08088> of them, and his hands <03027> waxed feeble <07503> (8804)_: anguish <06869> took hold <02388> (8689) of him, [and] pangs <02427> as of a woman in travail <03205> (8802)_.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 50:43	"The king <04428> of Babylon <0894> has heard <08085> the report <08088> about them, And his hands <03027> hang <07503> limp <07503> ; Distress <06869> has gripped <02388> him, Agony <02427> like a woman in childbirth <03205> .
LXXM	(27:43) hkousen <191> V-AAI-3S basileuv <935> N-NSM babulwnov <897> N-GSF thn <3588> T-ASF akohn <189> N-ASF autwn <846> D-GPM kai <2532> CONJ pareluyhsan <3886> V-API-3P ai <3588> T-NPF ceirev <5495> N-NPF autou <846> D-GSM yliqiv <2347> N-NSF katekrathsen {V-AAI-3S} autou <846> D-GSM wdinev <5604> N-NPF wv <3739> CONJ tiktoushv <5088> V-PAPGS
NET [draft] ITL	The king <04428> of Babylon <0894> will become paralyzed <07503> with fear when he hears <08085> news <08088> of their coming <03027> . Anguish <06869> will grip <02388> him, agony <02427> like that of a woman giving birth <03205> to a baby.
HEBREW	hdlwyk <03205> lyx <02427> whtqyzxh <02388> hru <06869> wydy <03027> wprw <07503> Mems <08088> ta <0853> lbb <0894> Klm <04428> ems (50:43) <08085>

NETBible

The king of Babylon will become paralyzed with fear¹ when he hears news of their coming.² Anguish will grip him, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “his hands will drop/hang limp.” For the meaning of this idiom see the translator’s note on 6:24.

²tn Heb “The king of Babylon hears report of them and his hands hang limp.” The verbs are translated as future because the passage is prophetic and the verbs may be interpreted as prophetic perfects (the action viewed as if it were as good as done). In the parallel passage in 6:24 the verbs could be understood as present perfects because the passage could be viewed as in the present. Here it is future.

³sn Compare Jer 6:22-24 where almost the same exact words as 50:41-43 are applied to the people of Judah. The repetition of prophecies here and in the following verses emphasizes the talionic nature of God’s punishment of Babylon; as they have done to others, so it will be done to them (cf. 25:14; 50:15).