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John 16:21

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

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ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γυνὴgunēA womanγυνήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “A woman”, the subject formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.This verse uses “a woman”.A womanὅτανhotanwhenὅτανconjunction — “when”G3752when, whenever.This verse uses “when”.whenτίκτῃtiktēshe is in travailτίκτω (tiktō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “she is in travail”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5088I bear, bring forth, produce, beget, yield.she is in travailλύπηνlupēnsorrowλύπη (lupē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sorrow”, the object formG3077pain, grief, sorrow, affliction.sorrowἔχειecheito haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseἦλθενēlthenis comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.is comeἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὥραhōrahourὥραnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “hour”, the subject formG5610(a) a definite space of time, a season, (b) an hour, (c) the particular time for anything.αὐτῆςautēsheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὅτανhotanas soon asὅτανconjunction — “as soon as”G3752when, whenever.as soon asδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.γεννήσῃgennēsēshe is deliveredγεννάω (gennaō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “she is delivered”, a single actionG1080I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to.she is deliveredτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.παιδίονpaidionof the childπαιδίονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “of the child”, the object formG3813a little child, an infant, little one.of the childοὐκέτιouketino + ἔτι=stillοὐκέτιadverb — “no + ἔτι=still”G3765Strong’s files this form under G2089 (ἔτι).no moreμνημονεύειmnēmoneueito rememberμνημονεύω (mnēmoneuō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to remember”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3421I remember, hold in remembrance, make mention of.This verse uses “remember”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θλίψεωςthlipseōsanguishθλῖψις (thlipsis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “anguish”, the of-formG2347persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation.the anguishδιὰdiaforδιάpreposition — “for”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.forτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χαρὰνcharanjoyχαρά (chara)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “joy”, the object formG5479joy, gladness, a source of joy.This verse uses “joy”.joyὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatἐγεννήθηegennēthēis bornγεννάω (gennaō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “is born”, a single actionG1080I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to.is bornἄνθρωποςanthrōposa humanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a human”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.εἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κόσμονkosmonworldκόσμος (kosmos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “world”, the object formG2889the world, universe; worldly affairs; the inhabitants of the world; adornment.the world

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.

Young’s Literal Translation

'The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

World English Bible

A woman , when she gives birth , has sorrow because her time has come . But when she has delivered the child , she doesn’ t remember the anguish any more , for the joy that a human being is born into the world .

Darby Translation

A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world.

Douay-Rheims

A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

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