In the Day of Trouble I Sought the LORD
Psalms 77:19
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.Or were unknown
- KJV
- Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
- WEB
- Your way was through the sea, your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
- ASV
- Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.
- LSV
- Your way [is] in the sea, || And Your paths in many waters, || And Your tracks have not been known.
- YLT
- In the sea [is] Thy way, And Thy paths [are] in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known.
- DBY
- Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.
- DRC76:20
- Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters: and thy footsteps shall not be known.
- GNV
- Thy way is in the Sea, and thy paths in the great waters, and thy footesteps are not knowen.
- JPS77:20
- Thy way was in the sea, and Thy path in the great waters, and Thy footsteps were not known.
- LXXE76:20
- Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters, and thy footsteps cannot be known.
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- Written (Ketiv): וּשְׁבִילֶיךָ (“and paths your”). Read aloud (Qere): וּֽ֭שְׁבִֽילְךָ (“and path your”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads וּֽ֭שְׁבִֽילְיךָ; read aloud (Qere) reads וּֽ֭שְׁבִֽילְךָ (“and path your”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC77:20
- בַּיָּ֤ם דַּרְכֶּ֗ךָ ושביליך בְּמַ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים וְ֝עִקְּבוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א נֹדָֽעוּ׃KJV:Ps.77.19Read aloud as (qere): וּֽ֭שְׁבִֽילְךָ
- LXX-Br76:20
- Ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ ἡ ὁδός σου, καὶ αἱ τρίβοι σου ἐν ὕδασι πολλοῖς, καὶ τὰ ἴχνη σου οὐ γνωσθήσονται.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Sea of glassJeduthunManassehAsaphReadings, SelectSea, TheProvidence of God, ThePraisePsalms, Book ofGod
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Exodus 14:28The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
- Psalms 29:10The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
- Nehemiah 9:11You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
- Habakkuk 3:15You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.
- Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Nahum 1:3–4The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet. He rebukes the sea and dries it up;…
- Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 77:20 in some Bibles
- 77:19 in most Bibles