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Psalms 114:5
Psalms 114:5 is verse 5 of Psalms chapter 114, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
King James Version
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?
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Psalms 114:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
4 the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
5 Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
6 O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Jeremiah 47:6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
Jeremiah 47:7How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
Habakkuk 3:8Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?