Psalm 48:6

6 Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Psalm 48:6 in Other Translations

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

6 Trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in labor.

6 They were gripped with terror and writhed in pain like a woman in labor.

6 They doubled up in pain like a woman having a baby.

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

6 Trembling seized them like the trembling that a woman experiences during labor.

6 Trembling seized them there, agony like that of a woman in labor,

6 Trembling took hold of them. They felt pain like a woman giving birth to a baby.

Psalm 48:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 48:6

Fear took hold upon them there
That is, either when they came up to the city, and passed by it, and saw what they did; or, as Kimchi observes, in the place where they thought to have made a great slaughter; that is, in Armageddon, ( Revelation 16:16 ) ; so upon the slaughter of the seven thousand names of men, or men of name and renown, such as the kings here assembled, the remnant will be frightened, ( Revelation 11:13 ) ;

[and] pain, as of a woman in travail;
this figure is made use of elsewhere, when the destruction of Babylon and the coming of Christ are spoken of; see ( Isaiah 13:8 ) ( 1 Thessalonians 5:2 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ) .

Psalm 48:6 In-Context

4 When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together,

5 they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror.

6 Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor.

7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind.

8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever.

Cross References

• 1. S Job 4:14
• 2. S Genesis 3:16