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, sea, that you fled? Jordan, that you turned back? Mountains, that you skipped like rams? Hills, like lambs? 7Tremble, 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 spring.

Psalms 114:6 word by word

הֶֽ֭הָרִים תִּרְקְד֣וּ כְאֵילִ֑ים גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹֽאן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

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

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