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Psalms 48:6

4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
KJV
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
WEB
Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
ASV
Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
DARBY
Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.
BLB
Trembling took hold of them there, [and] writhing like a woman in labor.
ÅB
Beven grep dem der, angst som hos en fødende kvinne.
OTB
Panikk grep dem der,
Angst, som en kvinne i fødsel.
B1930
Beven grep dem der, angst som hos en fødende kvinne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Hosea 13:13

    The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

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  • Isaiah 13:6–8

    Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

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  • Daniel 5:6

    Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

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  • Exodus 15:15–16

    Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

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  • Isaiah 21:3

    Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

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  • Jeremiah 30:6–7

    Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

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