Psalms 114:8
What does Psalms 114:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 114:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862He is turning the rock to a pool of waters, The flint to a fountain of waters!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Context
v.7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
v.8This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 105:41
He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places like a river.
- Deuteronomy 8:15
who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
- Psalms 107:35
He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.
- Nehemiah 9:15
and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
- Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4
and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.
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