2 Esdras 4:42

42 for as a woman who travaileth maketh haste to escape the necessity of the travail, even so do these places hasten to deliver those things that are committed unto them.

2 Esdras 4:42 In-Context

40 So he answered me and said, "Go thy way to a woman with child, and ask of her if, when she hath fulfilled her nine months, her womb may keep the birth any longer within her."

41 Then said I, "No, lord, that can she not." And he said unto me, "In the grave the chambers of souls are like the womb of a woman;

42 for as a woman who travaileth maketh haste to escape the necessity of the travail, even so do these places hasten to deliver those things that are committed unto them.

43 From the beginning look what thou desirest to see; it shall be shown thee."

44 Then answered I and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, and if it be possible, and if I be meet therefore,