A Psalm of Exodus
Psalms 114:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
- KJV
- What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
- WEB
- What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
- ASV
- What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?
- LSV
- What is [ailing] you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, you turn back!
- YLT
- What — to thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, thou turnest back!
- DBY
- What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?
- DRC113:5
- What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back?
- GNV
- What ailed thee, O Sea, that thou fleddest? O Iorden, why wast thou turned backe?
- JPS
- What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest backward?
- LXXE113:5
- What ailed thee, O sea, that thou fleddest? and thou Jordan, that thou wast turned back?
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- מַה־לְּךָ֣ הַ֭יָּם כִּ֣י תָנ֑וּס הַ֝יַּרְדֵּ֗ן תִּסֹּ֥ב לְאָחֽוֹר׃
- LXX-Br113:5
- Τί σοι ἐστὶ θάλασσα ὅτι ἔφυγες; καὶ σὺ Ἰορδάνη ὅτι ἐστράφης εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω;
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Cross-references most cited first
- Habakkuk 3:8Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
- Jeremiah 47:6–7‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 113:5 in some Bibles
- 114:5 in most Bibles