King James Version

Psalms 48:6

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 48:7.

רְ֭עָדָהreadahtremblingרַעַדnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “trembling”, the ordinary formH7461a shuddertrembling.אֲחָזָ֣תַםachazatamholdאָחַזverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “hold”, a completed actionH270to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)[phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).שָׁ֑םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.חִ֝֗ילchilpainחִילnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “pain”, the ordinary formH2427a throe (expectant of childbirth)pain, pang, sorrow.כַּיּוֹלֵֽדָהkayoledahas bearיָלַדpreposition, with the article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “as bear”, a verb used as a describing wordH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(48-7) Trembling took hold of them there, pangs, as of a woman in travail.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(48-7) Trembling took hold of them there, pangs, as of a woman in travail.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τρόμος ἐπελάβετο αὐτῶν· ἐκεῖ ὠδῖνες ὡς τικτούσης.