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JPS Old Testament

Psalms 48:6

They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Birth;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehovah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Birth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Korah, Korahites;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Korah;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Travail;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Pain;   Psalms, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 12;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Trembling seized them there,agony like that of a woman in labor,
Hebrew Names Version
Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
King James Version
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
English Standard Version
Trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in labor.
New Century Version
Fear took hold of them; they hurt like a woman having a baby.
New English Translation
Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth.
Amplified Bible
Panic seized them there, And pain, as that of a woman in childbirth.
New American Standard Bible
Panic seized them there, Anguish, as that of a woman in childbirth.
World English Bible
Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Feare came there vpon them, and sorowe, as vpon a woman in trauaile.
Legacy Standard Bible
Panic seized them there,Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth.
Berean Standard Bible
Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
Contemporary English Version
They trembled all over like women giving birth
Complete Jewish Bible
They saw and were filled with consternation; terrified, they took to flight.
Darby Translation
Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.
Easy-to-Read Version
Fear grabbed them; they trembled like a woman giving birth.
George Lamsa Translation
Fear took hold of them, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Good News Translation
There they were seized with fear and anguish, like a woman about to bear a child,
Lexham English Bible
Trembling seized them there— pain as of a woman in labor.
Literal Translation
Trembling and pain seized them there, like a woman in labor.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Feare came there vpon the, & sorowe as vpo a woman in hir trauayle.
American Standard Version
Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
Bible in Basic English
Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in childbirth.
King James Version (1611)
Feare tooke holde vpon them there, and paine, as of a woman in trauaile.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A feare came there vpon them and sorowe: as vpon a woman in her childe trauayle.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail.
English Revised Version
Trembling took hold of them there; pain, as of a woman in travail.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
There sorewis as of a womman trauelynge of child;
Update Bible Version
Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
Webster's Bible Translation
Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
New King James Version
Fear took hold of them there, And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,
New Living Translation
They were gripped with terror and writhed in pain like a woman in labor.
New Life Bible
They began shaking there. And they suffered pain like a woman giving birth.
New Revised Standard
trembling took hold of them there, pains as of a woman in labor,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Trembling, seized them, there, Pangs. like hers who is in travail.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(47-7) Trembling took hold of them. There were pains as of a woman in labour.
Revised Standard Version
trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in travail.
Young's Literal Translation
Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Panic seized them there, Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth.

Contextual Overview

1 A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. 2 Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, His holy mountain, 3 Fair in situation, the joy of the whole earth; 4 God in her palaces hath made Himself known for a stronghold. 5 For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, they came onward together. 6 They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away. 7 Trembling took hold of them there, pangs, as of a woman in travail.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Fear: Exodus 15:15, Exodus 15:16, Isaiah 13:6-8, Daniel 5:6

pain: Isaiah 21:3, Jeremiah 30:6, Jeremiah 30:7, Hosea 13:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:16 - in sorrow Exodus 15:14 - hear Joshua 2:24 - all the inhabitants Joshua 8:20 - and they had 1 Samuel 28:5 - he was afraid 2 Chronicles 14:14 - the fear Psalms 65:8 - afraid Isaiah 13:8 - pangs Isaiah 19:16 - like Isaiah 26:17 - General Jeremiah 6:24 - anguish Ezekiel 30:4 - pain Daniel 5:9 - changed Matthew 28:4 - shake Mark 13:8 - sorrows Romans 8:22 - groaneth 1 Thessalonians 5:3 - as

Cross-References

Joshua 14:4
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the open land about them for their cattle and for their substance.--

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Fear took hold upon them there,.... That is, either when they came up to the city, and passed by it, and saw what they did; or, as Kimchi observes, in the place where they thought to have made a great slaughter; that is, in Armageddon, Revelation 16:16; so upon the slaughter of the seven thousand names of men, or men of name and renown, such as the kings here assembled, the remnant will be frightened, Revelation 11:13;

[and] pain, as of a woman in travail; this figure is made use of elsewhere, when the destruction of Babylon and the coming of Christ are spoken of; see Isaiah 13:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fear took hold upon them there - Trembling seized them; they were filled with sudden consternation. That is, as soon as they saw the city, or had a distinct view of it, they became alarmed.

And pain - Distress; anguish. The distress arising from disappointed hopes, and perhaps from the apprehension of their own safety. They were filled with dismay.

As of a woman in travail - This comparison is often used in the Scriptures to denote the severest kind of pain. Compare Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 6:24; Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 30:6; Jeremiah 49:24; Micah 4:9-10; Isaiah 53:11.


 
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