Revelation 12:2 (GNV)

Passage

And she was with childe, and cried traueiling in birth, and was pained readie to be deliuered.

Nearby Context

Revelation 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heauen: A woman clothed with the sunne, and the moone was vnder her feete, and vpon her head a crowne of twelue starres.

Revelation 12:2 And she was with childe, and cried traueiling in birth, and was pained readie to be deliuered.

Revelation 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaue: for beholde, a great red dragon hauing seuen heads, and ten hornes, and seuen crownes vpon his heads:

Revelation 12:4 And his taile drew the thirde part of the starres of heauen, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be deliuered, to deuoure her childe, when shee had brought it foorth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "childe", "cried", "traueiling", "birth", "pained", "readie", and "deliuered". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "childe" and "cried", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And there appeared a great wonder in..." into verse 3's "And there appeared another wonder in heaue...", so "childe" 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 "childe" and "cried" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.