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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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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

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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  • 113:5 in some Bibles
  • 114:5 in most Bibles

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