Psalms 114:6

Psalms 114:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
• New International Version (NIV)Why, mountains, did you leap like rams, you hills, like lambs?
• English Standard Version (ESV)O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs?
• New King James Version (NKJV)O mountains, that you skipped like rams? O little hills, like lambs?

Context of Psalms 114:6

4the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. 5Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs? 7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, 8who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!

Psalms 114:6 word by word

הֶֽ֭הָרִים תִּרְקְד֣וּ כְאֵילִ֑ים גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹֽאן׃Read the interlinear

• O mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• that you skippedרָקַדrâqad · to skip aboutH7540
• like ramsאַ֫יִל'ayil · ramH352
• O hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• like lambsבֵּןbên · son: young animalH1121
• like lambsצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629

Commentaries on Psalms 114:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8This song celebrates the Lord's power in nature. It remembers Israel's start as a nation during the exodus (Psalm 114:1–2) and their entry into the promised land (114:3–6). It encourages respect for the God of Jacob (Psalm 114:7–8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 114

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary