Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The waters saw thee, O God; the waters saw thee, and were afraid, the depths were moved.
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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
The waters saw thee, O God, The waters saw thee, They were in birth-throes, Yea the resounding deeps were stirred;
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, with thine arm, hast delivered thy people, even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 16 The waters saw thee, O God; the waters saw thee, and were afraid, the depths were moved. 17 The thick clouds poured out water, the air thundered, and thine arrows went abroad.
Cross References
Exodus 14:21
When now Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, the LORD carried away the sea with a strong east wind that blew all night, and made the sea dry land and the water divided itself.
Joshua 3:15-16
as soon as they that bare the ark came unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water - Jordan being full over all his banks all the time of harvest -
Psalm 114:3-6
The sea saw that, and fled, Jordan turned back.
Habakkuk 3:8-10
Wast thou not angry, O LORD, in the waters? Was not thy wrath in the floods, and thy displeasure in the sea? Yes, when thou sattest upon thine horse, and when thy chariots had the victory.
Habakkuk 3:15
Thou makest a way for thine horses in the sea, even in the mud of great waters.