Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.
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,
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.
References
Fausets
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 48:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zion Exalted
5 They have seen -- so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away. 6 Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman. 7 By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.
Cross References
Hosea 13:13
Pangs of a travailing woman come to him, He is a son not wise, For he remaineth not the time for the breaking forth of sons.
Exodus 15:15-16
Then have chiefs of Edom been troubled: Mighty ones of Moab -- Trembling doth seize them! Melted have all inhabitants of Canaan!
Isaiah 13:6-8
Howl ye, for near is the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.
Isaiah 21:3
Therefore filled have been my loins with great pain, Pangs have seized me as pangs of a travailing woman, I have been bent down by hearing, I have been troubled by seeing.
Jeremiah 30:6-7
Ask, I pray you, and see, is a male bringing forth? Wherefore have I seen every man, His hands on his loins, as a travailing woman, And all faces have been turned to paleness?
Daniel 5:6
then the king's countenance hath changed, and his thoughts do trouble him, and the joints of his loins are loosed, and his knees are smiting one against another.