29for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;


In Context

26 And as they led him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put on him the cross, to bear it behind Jesus.

27 And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,

28 and Jesus having turned unto them, said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;

29 for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

30 then they shall begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us; —

31 for, if in the green tree they do these things — in the dry what may happen?'

Luke 23:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:29For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:29For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:29For behold, the days shall come, wherein they will say: Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the paps that have not given suck.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:29For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:29for behold, days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and wombs that have not borne, and breasts that have not given suck.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:29For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:29For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nourished infants.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:29For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:29For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never gave suck.