Revelation 12:2 (DBY)

Passage

and being with child she cried, [being] in travail, and in pain to bring forth.

Nearby Context

Revelation 12:1 And a great sign was seen in the heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars;

Revelation 12:2 and being with child she cried, [being] in travail, and in pain to bring forth.

Revelation 12:3 And another sign was seen in the heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems;

Revelation 12:4 and his tail draws the third part of the stars of the heaven; and he cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, in order that when she brought forth he might devour her child.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "child", "cried", "travail", "pain", "bring", and "forth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "child" and "cried", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And a great sign was seen in..." into verse 3's "And another sign was seen in the...", so "child" and "cried" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "child" and "cried" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.