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Psalms 48:6
Psalms 48:6 is verse 6 of Psalms chapter 48, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
King James Version
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.
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Psalms 48:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
5 They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
6 Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
7 With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 15:15Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
Exodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah 13:7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
Isaiah 13:8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
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.
Jeremiah 30:6Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
Jeremiah 30:7How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
Hosea 13:13Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.