Psalms 48:6
What does Psalms 48:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 48:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in childbirth.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 30:6
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?
- Exodus 15:15
Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.
- Isaiah 13:6
Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
- 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 children.
- Isaiah 21:3
Therefore are my loins 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.
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