Psalms 114:3
What does Psalms 114:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 114:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The sea hath seen, and fleeth, The Jordan turneth backward.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 63:12
that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
- Psalms 106:9
He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
- Exodus 15:8
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
- Psalms 77:16
The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
- Psalms 104:7
At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
- Habakkuk 3:15
Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.
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