Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
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,
International Standard Version
Trembling seized them there, pains like those of a woman in labor,
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 saw it, then were they amazed. They were dismayed, they hastened away. 6 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail. 7 With the east wind thou break the ships of Tarshish.
Cross References
Hosea 13:13
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him. He is an unwise son, for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of sons.
Exodus 15:15-16
Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed, the mighty men of Moab. Trembling takes hold upon them. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.
Isaiah 13:6-8
Wail ye, for the day of LORD is at hand. It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my loins are filled with anguish. Pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail. I am pained so that I cannot hear. I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
Jeremiah 30:6-7
Ask ye now, and see whether a man travails with child. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Daniel 5:6
Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him. And the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.