New King James Version
Psalms 124:4
4Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;
Psalms 124:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
- 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 Living Translation (NLT)The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
Context of Psalms 124:4
2“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, When men rose up against us, 3Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us; Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul; 5Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul.” 6Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
Read all of Psalms 124Psalms 124:4 word by word
אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֗֜חְלָה עָבַ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 124:4
- Psalms 18:4The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
- Psalms 42:7Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and billows have gone over me.
- Psalms 69:15Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
- Isaiah 8:7Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them The waters of the River, strong and mighty— The king of Assyria and all his glory; He will go up over all his channels And go over all his banks.
- Isaiah 28:2Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, Who will bring them down to the earth with His 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 comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.
- Jeremiah 46:7“Who is this coming up like a flood, Whose waters move like the rivers?
- Daniel 9:26“And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
- Revelation 12:15So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.
- Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on 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
In the dictionaries
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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