King James Version
Psalms 124:4
4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Psalms 124:4 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
- English Standard Version (ESV)then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;
- New Living Translation (NLT)The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
Context of Psalms 124:4
2If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 6Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Read all of Psalms 124Psalms 124:4 word by word
אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֗֜חְלָה עָבַ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 124:4
- Psalms 18:4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
- Psalms 42:7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
- Psalms 69:15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
- Isaiah 8:7Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
- Isaiah 28:2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
- Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
- Jeremiah 46:7Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
- Daniel 9:26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
- Revelation 12:15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
- Revelation 17:1And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Commentaries on Psalms 124:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Then the waters had overwhelmed us - Our destruction would have been as if the waves of the ocean had overwhelmed us. The stream had gone over our soul - The torrent would have swept us away. Compare Psalm 18:4, Psalm 18:16.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5the raging waters: The enemies could have defeated the Israelites and destroyed them if the Lord had not supported his people (compare Psalm 69:15; Jeremiah 46:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. (Compare Psa 18:4, 16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 124
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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