New English Translation
Psalms 114:6
6Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills?
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 do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River? Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills? 7Tremble, O earth, before the Lord – before the God of Jacob, 8who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water!
Read all of Psalms 114Psalms 114:6 word by word
הֶֽ֭הָרִים תִּרְקְד֣וּ כְאֵילִ֑ים גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹֽאן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
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
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