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Revelation 12:2 She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.
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And she cries out, being in travail, and being in pain to bring forth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/revelation/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/revelation/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/revelation/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and she was pregnant and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/revelation/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/revelation/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/revelation/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And she was with child, and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/revelation/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />She was with child (the Messiah) and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/revelation/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/revelation/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/revelation/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/revelation/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />She was about to give birth, and she was crying because of the great pain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/revelation/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and she was with child: and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/revelation/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />She was pregnant. She cried out from labor pains and the agony of giving birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/revelation/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />She was soon to give birth, and the pains and suffering of childbirth made her cry out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/revelation/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />She was pregnant and was crying out from her labor pains, the agony of giving birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/revelation/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/revelation/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/revelation/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />She was with child. She screamed out in pain, laboring to give birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/revelation/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And she being with child, cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and she was crying out in the pains and agony of childbirth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/revelation/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/revelation/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and having [a child] in [her] womb she cries out, travailing and being in pain to bring forth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/revelation/12.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />and having in womb. And she cries out, being in travail, and being in pain to bring forth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/revelation/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and being with child she doth cry out, travailing and pained to bring forth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/revelation/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And having in the womb she cries, having the pains of childbirth, and making trial to bring forth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/revelation/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/revelation/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And being with child, she cried out while giving birth, and she was suffering in order to give birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/revelation/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/revelation/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pangs, in the agony of giving birth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/revelation/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/12.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And she was pregnant and she cried out and was in labor; she was also in anguish to give birth.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/revelation/12.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />and, being with child, she cried out in travail, and in the pains of delivery.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/revelation/12.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />and being in gestation, she also cries, travailing in pain, and suffering to bring forth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/revelation/12.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />and being with child, she cried out in travailing pain, and in anguish to be delivered.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/revelation/12.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />she was with child, and cried in her labour with the pangs of her delivery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and she was crying out in the pains and agony of childbirth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/revelation/12.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />and, being with child, she cries out, travailing in birth, and being in pain to bring forth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/revelation/12.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And being with child, she cried out in travail, labouring to be delivered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/revelation/12-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=2361" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/revelation/12.htm">The Woman and the Dragon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/1064.htm" title="1064: gastri (N-DFS) -- The stomach; by analogy, the matrix; figuratively, a gourmand."></a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echousa (V-PPA-NFS) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">She was pregnant</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2896.htm" title="2896: krazei (V-PIA-3S) -- To cry aloud, shriek. A primary verb; properly, to croak or scream, i.e. to call aloud.">crying out</a> <a href="/greek/5605.htm" title="5605: ōdinousa (V-PPA-NFS) -- To be in travail, suffer birth-pangs. From odin; to experience the pains of parturition.">in the pain</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/928.htm" title="928: basanizomenē (V-PPM/P-NFS) -- To examine, as by torture; I torment; I buffet, as of waves. From basanos; to torture.">agony</a> <a href="/greek/5088.htm" title="5088: tekein (V-ANA) -- A strengthened form of a primary teko tek'-o; to produce, literally or figuratively.">of giving birth.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">3</span>Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-7.htm">Isaiah 66:7-8</a></span><br />“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy. / Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/4-9.htm">Micah 4:9-10</a></span><br />Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor? / Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17-18</a></span><br />As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD. / We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-21.htm">John 16:21</a></span><br />A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-19.htm">Galatians 4:19</a></span><br />My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-8.htm">Matthew 24:8</a></span><br />All these are the beginning of birth pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-31.htm">Jeremiah 4:31</a></span><br />For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22</a></span><br />We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm">Isaiah 13:8</a></span><br />Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Hosea 13:13</a></span><br />Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Isaiah 54:1</a></span><br />“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-3.htm">Micah 5:3</a></span><br />Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/48-6.htm">Psalm 48:6</a></span><br />Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Isaiah 21:3</a></span><br />Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.</p><p class="hdg">travailing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/12-4.htm">Revelation 12:4</a></b></br> And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11</a></b></br> He shall see of the travail of his soul, <i>and</i> shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Isaiah 54:1</a></b></br> Sing, O barren, thou <i>that</i> didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou <i>that</i> didst not travail with child: for more <i>are</i> the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/9-5.htm">Agony</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-4.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-23.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/revelation/12-1.htm">Child</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-15.htm">Childbirth</a> <a href="/revelation/10-3.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/james/5-4.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/revelation/10-3.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/revelation/8-13.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/revelation/11-7.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/acts/6-4.htm">Delivery</a> <a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-8.htm">Laboring</a> <a href="/revelation/9-5.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-8.htm">Pained</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-13.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/acts/2-24.htm">Pangs</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">Pregnant</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-8.htm">Travail</a> <a href="/micah/4-9.htm">Travailing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/16-10.htm">Agony</a> <a href="/revelation/16-10.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/revelation/12-4.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/revelation/12-4.htm">Child</a> <a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Childbirth</a> <a href="/revelation/14-18.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/revelation/14-18.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/revelation/14-15.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/revelation/12-4.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/genesis/38-27.htm">Delivery</a> <a href="/revelation/12-4.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-26.htm">Laboring</a> <a href="/revelation/14-10.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/genesis/35-16.htm">Pained</a> <a href="/revelation/16-11.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/exodus/15-14.htm">Pangs</a> <a href="/genesis/4-1.htm">Pregnant</a> <a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Travail</a> <a href="/psalms/48-6.htm">Travailing</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/12-1.htm">A woman clothed with the sun travails.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/12-4.htm">The great red dragon stands before her, ready to devour her child;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/12-6.htm">when she is delivered she flees into the desert.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/12-7.htm">Michael and his angels fight with the dragon, and prevail.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/12-13.htm">The dragon, being cast down into the earth, persecutes the woman.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of pregnancy represents the anticipation of the coming Messiah, who would be born from the lineage of Israel. This aligns with the prophecy in <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a>, where the seed of the woman is foretold to crush the serpent's head, indicating the birth of Christ.<p><b>and crying out</b><br>The crying out signifies the intense longing and expectation for deliverance and redemption. This can be seen as a reflection of Israel's historical struggles and their yearning for the Messiah. It also echoes the groaning of creation mentioned in <a href="/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22</a>, where all creation is described as groaning in the pains of childbirth, awaiting redemption.<p><b>in the pain and agony of giving birth.</b><br>The pain and agony highlight the suffering and tribulation that precede the birth of something new and significant. This can be connected to the trials faced by Israel throughout history, including oppression and exile, as they awaited the Messiah. It also foreshadows the suffering of Christ, who endured agony for the redemption of humanity. The imagery of birth pains is used elsewhere in Scripture to describe the end times and the coming of God's kingdom (<a href="/matthew/24-8.htm">Matthew 24:8</a>, <a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Mark 13:8</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_woman.htm">The Woman</a></b><br>Symbolically represents God's people, often interpreted as Israel or the Church. In the context of Revelation, she is depicted as a heavenly figure clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head (<a href="/revelation/12.htm">Revelation 12:1</a>).<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_child.htm">The Child</a></b><br>Represents Jesus Christ, the Messiah, who is to rule all nations with an iron scepter. The birth of the child signifies the coming of the Savior into the world.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_dragon.htm">The Dragon</a></b><br>Although not mentioned in verse 2, the dragon is a significant figure in the surrounding context, representing Satan, who seeks to devour the child upon birth.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_birth.htm">The Birth</a></b><br>Symbolizes the coming of Christ and the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan. The labor pains reflect the struggles and challenges faced by God's people throughout history.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavenly_realm.htm">Heavenly Realm</a></b><br>The vision takes place in a heavenly setting, indicating the cosmic significance of the events described.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_struggle_of_god's_people.htm">The Struggle of God's People</a></b><br>The labor pains symbolize the struggles and tribulations faced by God's people throughout history. Believers are called to endure and remain faithful amidst trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_of_god's_promises.htm">The Fulfillment of God's Promises</a></b><br>The birth of the child signifies the fulfillment of God's promises. Just as the Messiah came, believers can trust in the fulfillment of God's future promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>The presence of the dragon highlights the reality of spiritual warfare. Christians must be vigilant and equipped with the armor of God to stand against the enemy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_suffering.htm">Hope in Suffering</a></b><br>The agony of labor is temporary and leads to the joy of new life. In the same way, believers can find hope in their suffering, knowing it leads to eternal glory.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">And she . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">And being with child</span>, <span class= "ital">she crieth, travailing</span>, <span class= "ital">and tormented to bring forth.</span> All life dawns in anguish, according to the ancient fiat (<a href="/genesis/3-16.htm" title="To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you shall bring forth children; and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.">Genesis 3:16</a>); but this is not all. There is an anguish of the Church which Christ laid upon her; it is the law of her life that she must bring forth Christ to the world; it is not simply that she must encounter pain, but that she cannot work deliverance without knowing suffering. Thus the Apostles felt: the love of Christ constrained them; woe it would be to them if they did not preach the Gospel; necessity was laid upon them; they spoke of themselves as travailing in birth over their children till Christ was formed in them. This, then, is the picture, the Church fulfilling her destiny even in pain. The work was to bring forth Christ to men, and never to be satisfied till Christ was formed in them, <span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> till the spirit of Christ, and the teaching of Christ, and the example of Christ were received, loved, and obeyed, and men transformed to the same image, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.<p>But there was to be opposition; the enemy is on the watch to destroy the likeness of Christ wherever it was seen.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.</span> The present, "crieth," <span class="greek">κρὰζει</span>, is found in <span class="hebrew">א</span>, A, P, Coptic, Andreas in <span class="accented">a</span> et <span class="accented">bav.</span>, etc.; the imperfect, <span class="greek">ἐκράζεν</span>, is read in C, Vulgate, 7, 8, 31, etc., Andreas in <span class="accented">c</span> et <span class="accented">p</span>, Primasius; the aorist, <span class="greek">ἐκράζεν</span>, in B, twelve cursives (cf. the words of our Lord in <a href="/john/16-21.htm">John 16:21, 22</a>). A similar image occurs in <a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17</a>; <a href="/isaiah/66-7.htm">Isaiah 66:7, 8</a>; <a href="/micah/4-10.htm">Micah 4:10</a>. The trouble which afflicted the Jewish Church, and the longing of the patriarchs for the advent of the Saviour, are here depicted. So also St. Paul, encouraging the Romans to bear patiently their sufferings, says, "The whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now" (<a href="/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/revelation/12-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">She was pregnant</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔχουσα</span> <span class="translit">(echousa)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">crying out</span><br /><span class="grk">κράζει</span> <span class="translit">(krazei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cry aloud, shriek. A primary verb; properly, to 'croak' or scream, i.e. to call aloud.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the pain</span><br /><span class="grk">ὠδίνουσα</span> <span class="translit">(ōdinousa)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5605.htm">Strong's 5605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be in travail, suffer birth-pangs. From odin; to experience the pains of parturition.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">agony</span><br /><span class="grk">βασανιζομένη</span> <span class="translit">(basanizomenē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_928.htm">Strong's 928: </a> </span><span class="str2">To examine, as by torture; I torment; I buffet, as of waves. From basanos; to torture.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of giving birth.</span><br /><span class="grk">τεκεῖν</span> <span class="translit">(tekein)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5088.htm">Strong's 5088: </a> </span><span class="str2">A strengthened form of a primary teko tek'-o; to produce, literally or figuratively.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/revelation/12-2.htm">NT Prophecy: Revelation 12:2 She was with child (Rev. 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