Psalms 124:4

In 11 translations

BSB

then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

KJV

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

WEB

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

ASV

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;

LSV

Then the waters had overflowed us, || The stream passed over our soul,

YLT

Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,

DBY

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;

DRC123:4

Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.

GNV

Then the waters had drowned vs, and the streame had gone ouer our soule:

JPS

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

LXXE123:4

verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

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WLC

אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֗֜חְלָה עָבַ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

LXX-Br123:4

ἄρα τὸ ὕδωρ ἂν κατεπόντισεν ἡμᾶς· χείμαῤῥον διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
• Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
• Revelation 12:15–16Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent. But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the…
• Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
• Jeremiah 46:7–8Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn? Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’
• Psalms 69:2I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
• Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
• Isaiah 8:7–8the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks. It will pour into Judah, swirling and…
• Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
• Isaiah 28:2Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.
• Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end…
• Job 22:11it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
• Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
• Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

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