Other translations
New Catholic Bible
A fool who has heard something suffers birth pangs like a woman in labor with a child.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Having heard something, the fool suffers birth pangs like a woman in labor with a child.
Good News Translation®
A foolish person trying to keep a secret suffers like a woman in labor.
Wycliffe Bible
A fool travaileth greatly of (or in) the face of a word, as the sorrow of (the) bearing of a young child [or as the wailing of the birth of a child].
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
With such a word a fool will suffer pangs like a woman in labor with a child.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Having heard something, the fool suffers birth pangs like a woman in labor with a child.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Having heard something, the fool suffers birth-pangs like a woman in labour with a child.
Common English Bible © 2011
Because of something spoken, a fool will suffer labor pains like those caused by a baby about to be delivered.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Having heard something, the fool goes into labor, like a woman giving birth to a child.
Revised Standard Version
With such a word a fool will suffer pangs like a woman in labor with a child.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Having heard something, the fool suffers birth-pangs like a woman in labour with a child.