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Legacy Standard Bible

Psalms 48:6

Panic seized them there,Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth.

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.
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away.
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

1Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised,In the city of our God, His holy mountain. 2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,Is Mount Zion in the far north,The city of the great King. 3God, in her palaces,Has made Himself known as a stronghold. 4For, behold, the kings assembled themselves,They passed by together. 5They saw it, then they were astonished;They were dismayed, they fled in alarm. 6Panic seized them there,Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth. 7With the east windYou break the ships of Tarshish.

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 sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they did not give a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their livestock and for their property.

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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