MANNAFEST

The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

KJV

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ASV

The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.

WEB

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.

YLT

Pangs of a travailing woman come to him, He is a son not wise, For he remaineth not the time for the breaking forth of sons.

DBT

The pangs of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is a son not wise; for at the time of the breaking forth of children, he was not there.

About this book

Old Testament

HoseaA prophet commanded to marry an unfaithful wife — his marriage becomes the sermon. Fourteen chapters on covenant unfaithfulness and a love that will not let Israel go.

Author
Hosea son of Beeri (1:1)
Date
Ministry c. 755–715 BC — the decades leading up to the 722 BC fall of the northern kingdom

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