Psalms 114:5

5 Why was it, sea, that you fled? Why, Jordan, did you turn back?

Psalms 114:5 in Other Translations

5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

5 What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?

5 What’s wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way? What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?

5 What's wrong with you, Sea, that you ran away? and you, River Jordan, that you turned and ran off?

5 Why was it, sea, that you fled? Jordan, that you turned back?

Psalms 114:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 114:5

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?
&c.] What was the matter with thee? what appeared to thee? what didst thou see? what didst thou feel, which caused thee to flee in such haste?

Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
what is the meaning that thou didst not continue to flow as usual? what was it that stopped thy flowing tide? that cut off thy waters? that drove them back as fast or faster than they came?

Psalms 114:5 In-Context

3 The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back;

4 the mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5 Why was it, sea, that you fled? Why, Jordan, did you turn back?

6 Why, mountains, did you leap like rams, you hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 14:21