Psalms 114:4

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“the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.”

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BSBPD

“the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 114:4 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
  2. Exodus 20:18When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
  3. Judges 5:4O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
  4. Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
  5. Psalms 29:6He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
  6. Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
  7. Psalms 68:16Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
  8. Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
  9. Micah 1:3For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
  10. Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
  11. Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
  12. Habakkuk 3:8Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
  13. 2 Peter 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
  14. Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

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