Psalms 48:6
Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
In Context
5They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
7With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
Cross References
2 Kings 7:7Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
Isaiah 21:3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 48:2-8
The Beauty and Strength of Zion. 1 Great is the Lord , and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 7… Read the whole commentary →