Romans 8:20,22
Romans 8:20 New International Version (NIV)
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
Romans 8:22 New International Version (NIV)
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
Romans 8:18-21 The Message (MSG)
That’s why I don’t think there’s any comparison between the present hard times and the coming good times. The created world itself can hardly wait for what’s coming next. Everything in creation is being more or less held back. God reins it in until both creation and all the creatures are ready and can be released at the same moment into the glorious times ahead. Meanwhile, the joyful anticipation deepens.
Romans 8:22-25 The Message (MSG)
All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; it’s within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We’re also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance. That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don’t see what is enlarging us. But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.
Romans 8:20 King James Version (KJV)
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope
Romans 8:22 King James Version (KJV)
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Romans 8:20 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope
Romans 8:22 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.
Romans 8:20 New Century Version (NCV)
Everything God made was changed to become useless, not by its own wish but because God wanted it and because all along there was this hope
Romans 8:22 New Century Version (NCV)
We know that everything God made has been waiting until now in pain, like a woman ready to give birth.
Romans 8:20 American Standard Version (ASV)
For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope
Romans 8:22 American Standard Version (ASV)
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Romans 8:20 New King James Version (NKJV)
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope
Romans 8:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
Romans 8:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For the creation was subjected to frustration and futility, not willingly [because of some intentional fault on its part], but by the will of Him who subjected it, in hope [Eccl 1:2]
Romans 8:22 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For we know that the whole creation has been moaning together as in the pains of childbirth until now. [Jer 12:4, 11]
Romans 8:20 New Living Translation (NLT)
Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope
Romans 8:22 New Living Translation (NLT)
For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
Romans 8:20 The Passion Translation (TPT)
For against its will the universe itself has had to endure the empty futility resulting from the consequences of human sin. But now, with eager expectation
Romans 8:22 The Passion Translation (TPT)
To this day we are aware of the universal agony and groaning of creation, as if it were in the contractions of labor for childbirth.