For we know that every creature groans inwardly, as if giving birth, even until now
Other versions
King James Version
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. English Standard Version
For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.New International Version
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.