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Psalms 114:8

114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

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who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.

Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

What does Psalms 114:8 mean?

Psalms 114:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include הָפַךְ (hâphak), צוּר (tsûwr), אֲגַם (ʼăgam).

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Which
turnedהָפַךְhâphak/haw-fak'/H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
the
rockצוּרtsûwr/tsoor/H6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
into
a
standingאֲגַםʼăgam/ag-am'/H98a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
water,מַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
the
flintחַלָּמִישׁchallâmîysh/klal-law-meesh'/H2496flint
into
a
fountainמַעְיָןmaʻyân/mah-yawn'/H4599a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
of
waters.מַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 114:8.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

Deuteronomy 8:15

Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

Isaiah 41:18

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

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What does Psalms 114:8 say?

Psalms 114:8 (King James Version) reads: "Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters."

Is Psalms 114:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 114:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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