Jeremiah 13:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?

Young's Literal Translation
What dost thou say, when He looketh after thee? And thou—thou hast taught them [to be] over thee—leaders for head? Do not pangs seize thee as a travailing woman?

King James Bible
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them [to be] captains, [and] as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

Hebrew
What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

will you say
תֹּֽאמְרִי֙ (tō·mə·rî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

when
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

He sets
יִפְקֹ֣ד (yip̄·qōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

over you
עָלַ֔יִךְ (‘ā·la·yiḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

close
אַלֻּפִ֖ים (’al·lu·p̄îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 441: Familiar, a friend, gentle, a bullock, a chieftain

allies
לְרֹ֑אשׁ (lə·rōš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

whom you
וְ֠אַתְּ (wə·’at)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

yourself trained?
לִמַּ֨דְתְּ (lim·maḏt)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 3925: To exercise in, learn

Will not
הֲל֤וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

pangs of anguish
חֲבָלִים֙ (ḥă·ḇā·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin

grip you,
יֹאחֱז֔וּךְ (yō·ḥĕ·zūḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person feminine singular
Strong's 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession

as
כְּמ֖וֹ (kə·mōw)
Preposition
Strong's 3644: Like, as, when

they do a woman
אֵ֥שֶׁת (’ê·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

in labor?
לֵדָֽה׃ (lê·ḏāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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