Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
New American Standard Bible
O Jordan, that you turn back?
King James Version
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
Holman Bible
Jordan, that you turned back?
International Standard Version
What happened to you, sea, that you fled? Jordan, that you ran backwards?
A Conservative Version
What ails thee, O thou sea, that thou flee? Thou Jordan, that thou turn back?
American Standard Version
What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?
Amplified
What ails you, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
Bible in Basic English
What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?
Darby Translation
What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?
Julia Smith Translation
What to thee, O sea, that thou wilt flee? O Jordan, thou wilt turn away back?
King James 2000
What ailed you, O you sea, that you fled? you Jordan, that you were driven back?
Lexham Expanded Bible
What's with you, O sea, [that] you fled? O Jordan, [that] you turned back?
Modern King James verseion
What ailed you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? And thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?
NET Bible
Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?
The Emphasized Bible
What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, that thou turnest back?
Webster
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
World English Bible
What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
Youngs Literal Translation
What -- to thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, thou turnest back!
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Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 114:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To God For His Works During The Exodus
4 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. 5 What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back? 6 You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?
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Cross References
Habakkuk 3:8
Was the LORD displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation?
Jeremiah 47:6-7
You sword of the LORD, "how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still."