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Psalms 114:5

114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

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What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

What ailed you, O you sea, that you fled? you Jordan, that you were driven back?

114:6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

What does Psalms 114:5 mean?

Psalms 114:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָם (yâm), נוּס (nûwç), יַרְדֵּן (Yardên).

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What
ailed
thee,
O
thou
sea,יָםyâm/yawm/H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
that
thou
fleddest?נוּסnûwç/noos/H5127to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
thou
Jordan,יַרְדֵּןYardên/yar-dane'/H3383Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
that
thou
wast
drivenסָבַבçâbab/saw-bab'/H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
back?אָחוֹרʼâchôwr/aw-khore'/H268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 114:5.

Exodus 13:18

But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. harnessed: or, by five in a rank

Exodus 14:27

And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. overthrew: Heb. shook off

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What does Psalms 114:5 say?

Psalms 114:5 (King James Version) reads: "What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?"

Is Psalms 114:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 114:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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