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 · 2000

Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in childbirth.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.

Context

v.5They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.

v.6This passage

v.7With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.

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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