King James Version
Psalms 48:6 in the King James Version says “Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.”
Psalms 48:6 · KJV
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“as of a woman in travail”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
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