Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Trembling seized them there, pains like those of a woman in labor,
New American Standard Bible
Anguish, as of
King James Version
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Holman Bible
agony like that of a woman in labor,
A Conservative Version
Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
American Standard Version
Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
Amplified
Panic seized them there,
And pain, as that of a woman in childbirth.
Darby Translation
Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.
Julia Smith Translation
Trembling seized them there, pain as of her bringing forth.
King James 2000
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Trembling seized them there-- pain as of a woman in labor.
Modern King James verseion
Fear took hold on them there, and pain, like a woman in labor.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Fear came there upon them, and sorrow as upon a woman in her travail.
NET Bible
Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth.
New Heart English Bible
Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
The Emphasized Bible
Trembling, seized them, there, Pangs. like hers who is in travail.
Webster
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
World English Bible
Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
Youngs Literal Translation
Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.
References
Fausets
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 48:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zion Exalted
5 they looked and were awestruck; they became afraid and ran away. 6 Trembling seized them there, pains like those of a woman in labor, 7 as when an east wind destroyed the ships of Tarshish.
Cross References
Hosea 13:13
When the time of childbirth comes, he will be so foolish that he will refuse to be born."
Exodus 15:15-16
Then the chiefs of Edom were terrified, the nobles of Moab trembled uncontrollably, and all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.
Isaiah 13:6-8
Wail out loud, because the Day of the LORD is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty!
Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my body is racked with pain; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am so upset that I cannot hear; I am so frightened that I cannot see while I'm reeling around.
Jeremiah 30:6-7
Ask about this and think about it Can a man give birth to a child? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his thighs like a woman giving birth, and all their faces have turned pale?
Daniel 5:6
While the king watched the back of the hand as it was writing, his facial expression changed. Utterly frightened, he lost control of his own bowels and his knees knocked together.