For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
We know that the whole creation [of irrational creatures] has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now. [Jer. 12:4, 11.]
We know that the whole creation is groaning together and suffering labor pains up until now.
For we know that every creature groans inwardly, as if giving birth, even until now;