Psalms 48:6
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
KJV
Cur timebo in die mala ? iniquitas calcanei mei circumdabit me.
Vulgate
ἵνα τί φοβοῦμαι ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πονηρᾷ; ἡ ἀνομία τῆς πτέρνης μου κυκλώσει με,
LXX
Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
ASV
הֵ֣מָּה רָ֭אוּ כֵּ֣ן תָּמָ֑הוּ נִבְהֲל֥וּ נֶחְפָּֽזוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הוּ
hv
verb · 38×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
ם
m
verb · 10×
תִּתְמַ֖הּ
ttmh
verb · 9×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210228.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
1. Trees which have been planted, and have had the advantage of all other care, and the hands and the labors of the cultivator, and yet yield no return for the labors, are pulled up by the roots, and handed over to the fire. So somewhat of this kind takes place also in the case of our Illumination. For when Christ has planted us, and we have enjoyed the watering of the Spirit, …
Cross-references
- 1Thess 5:3 — For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- Exod 15:14 — The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
- Hos 13:13 — The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
- Hos 13:13 — The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
- Isa 13:6 — Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
- Isa 21:3 — Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
- Jer 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?
- Mark 13:8 — For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
- Matt 28:4 — And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.