Psalms 126:4
What does Psalms 126:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 126:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, As the streams in the South.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, As the streams in the South.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let our fate be changed, O Lord, like the streams in the South.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Turn again, O Jehovah, <FI>to<Fi> our captivity, As streams in the south.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Turn our captivity, O Jehovah, as the streams in the south.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 3:16
that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
- Isaiah 41:18
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
- Isaiah 43:19
Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
- Hosea 1:11
And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
- Isaiah 35:6
Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
- Psalms 85:4
Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
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