Psalm 48:6

Trembling seized them there, pains like those of a woman in labor,

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.

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Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Fear

Exodus 15:15
Then the chiefs of Edom were terrified, the nobles of Moab trembled uncontrollably, and all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.
Isaiah 13:6
Wail out loud, because the Day of the LORD is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty!
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.

General references

Isaiah 26:17
Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out during her labor when she is about to give birth, so were we because of you, LORD.
Lamentations 4:12
None of the kings of the earth would have believed, nor the world's inhabitants, that the adversary and the enemy could have breached the gates of Jerusalem.

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