Joh 16:21 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain , because her hour has come ; but when she gives birth to the child , she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world .

a Is 13:8; 21:3; 26:17; 66:7; Hos 13:13; Mic 4:9; 1 Thess 5:3

‏ John 16:21

21 ^a“Whenever a woman is in labor she has ^{▼▼ Lit grief}pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a ^{▼▼ Lit human being}child has been born into the world.