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 · 2000

The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

The sea hath seen, and fleeth, The Jordan turneth backward.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back;

Context

v.2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

v.3This passage

v.4The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.

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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