Psalms 114:6

114:5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

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

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You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?

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

You mountains, that you skipped like rams; and you little hills, like lambs?

114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

What does Psalms 114:6 mean?

Psalms 114:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include הַר (har), רָקַד (râqad), אַיִל (ʼayil).

Hebrew interlinear

mountains,הַרhar/har/H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

that

skippedרָקַדrâqad/raw-kad'/H7540properly, to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy)

rams;אַיִלʼayil/ah'-yil/H352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree

and

little

hills,גִּבְעָהgibʻâh/ghib-aw'/H1389a hillock

lambs?בֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

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The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

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What does Psalms 114:6 say?

Psalms 114:6 (King James Version) reads: "Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?"

Is Psalms 114:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 114:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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