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Psalms 114:8 King James Version (KJV)

8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.


Psalms 114:8 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

8 Which turned H2015 the rock H6697 into a standing H98 water, H4325 the flint H2496 into a fountain H4599 of waters. H4325


Psalms 114:8 American Standard (ASV)

8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.


Psalms 114:8 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

8 He is turning the rock to a pool of waters, The flint to a fountain of waters!


Psalms 114:8 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.


Psalms 114:8 World English Bible (WEB)

8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a spring of waters.


Psalms 114:8 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

8 Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.

Cross Reference

Psalms 78:15-16 KJV

He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Commentary on Psalms 114 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


PSALM 114

Ps 114:1-8. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God's former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute.

1-4. of strange language—(compare Ps 81:5).

4. skipped … rams—(Ps 29:6), describes the waving of mountain forests, poetically representing the motion of the mountains. The poetical description of the effect of God's presence on the sea and Jordan alludes to the history (Ex 14:21; Jos 3:14-17). Judah is put as a parallel to Israel, because of the destined, as well as real, prominence of that tribe.

5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.

7. at the presence of—literally, "from before," as if affrighted by the wonderful display of God's power. Well may such a God be trusted, and great should be His praise.