Jeremiah 6:24
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Young's Literal Translation
‘We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.

King James Bible
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.

Hebrew
“We have heard
שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ (šā·ma‘·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

the reports;
שָׁמְע֖וֹ (šā·mə·‘ōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8089: A report

our hands
יָדֵ֑ינוּ (yā·ḏê·nū)
Noun - fdc | first person common plural
Strong's 3027: A hand

are limp.
רָפ֣וּ (rā·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7503: Sink, relax

Anguish
צָרָה֙ (ṣā·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6869: Tightness, a female rival

has gripped us,
הֶחֱזִיקַ֔תְנוּ (he·ḥĕ·zî·qaṯ·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular | first person common plural
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

pain
חִ֖יל (ḥîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2427: A writhing, anguish

like a woman in labor.
כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃ (kay·yō·w·lê·ḏāh)
Preposition-k, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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