22We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.


In Context

19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.

20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope

21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?

Romans 8:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:22For we know that every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain, even till now.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:22For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails in pain together until now.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:22For we know that the whole creation groaneth, and travaileth in pain together until now:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:22For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:22for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:22For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.