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Psalms 114:1

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

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When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

114:2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

What does Psalms 114:1 mean?

Psalms 114:1 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl), יָצָא (yâtsâʼ), מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim).

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When
IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
went
outיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
of
Egypt,מִצְרַיִםMitsrayim/mits-rah'-yim/H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
the
houseבַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of
JacobיַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôb/yah-ak-obe'/H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
from
a
peopleעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
of
strange
language;לָעַזlâʻaz/law-az'/H3937to speak in a foreign tongue

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 114:1.

Amos 5:3

For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

Amos 6:10

And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. we: or, they will not, or, have not

Genesis 47:28

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. the whole: Heb. the days of the years of his life

Habakkuk 3:13

Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. by: Heb. making naked

Haggai 2:5

According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.

Joel 3:18

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. flow: Heb. go

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What does Psalms 114:1 say?

Psalms 114:1 (King James Version) reads: "When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;"

Is Psalms 114:1 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 114:1 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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