Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
The waters saw thee, O God, The waters saw thee, They were in birth-throes, Yea the resounding deeps were stirred;
New American Standard Bible
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The deeps also trembled.
King James Version
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
Holman Bible
The waters saw You; they trembled.
Even the depths shook.
International Standard Version
The waters saw you, God; the waters saw you and writhed. Indeed, the depths of the sea quaked.
A Conservative Version
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee. They were afraid. The depths also trembled.
American Standard Version
The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
Amplified
The waters [of the Red Sea] saw You, O God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The deeps also trembled.
Bible in Basic English
The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they were in fear: even the deep was troubled.
Darby Translation
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they trembled, yea, the depths were troubled:
Julia Smith Translation
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they will tremble, also the depths will be moved.
King James 2000
The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Waters saw you, O God; waters saw you [and] they trembled. Surely [the] deeps shook.
Modern King James verseion
The waters saw You, O God, the waters saw You; they were afraid; the depths also were troubled.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The waters saw thee, O God; the waters saw thee, and were afraid, the depths were moved.
NET Bible
The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.
New Heart English Bible
The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
Webster
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were disturbed.
World English Bible
The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
Youngs Literal Translation
The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid -- also depths are troubled.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 77:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Confidence In A Time Of Crisis
15 Thou didst redeem, with thine arm - Thy people, Thy sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 16 The waters saw thee, O God, The waters saw thee, They were in birth-throes, Yea the resounding deeps were stirred; 17 The clouds, poured down waters, The skies uttered, a voice, Yea, thine arrows, flew hither and thither;
Cross References
Exodus 14:21
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and Yahweh carried away the sea by a mighty east wind all the night, and turned the sea into dry land, - and the waters were cloven asunder.
Joshua 3:15-16
then, as the bearers of the ark came as far as the Jordan, and, the feet of the priests who were bearing the ark, were dipped in the edge of the waters, - the Jordan being full over all his banks, all the days of harvest,
Psalm 114:3-6
The sea, beheld, and fled, The Jordan, turned back;
Habakkuk 3:8-10
Against the rivers, is Yahweh wroth? Against the rivers, is thine anger? Against the sea, is thine indignation? For thou wilt ride on Thy horses, Thy chariots, shall be salvation!
Habakkuk 3:15
Thou hast driven, into the sea, thy chariot-horses. Foaming are the mighty waters!