Psalms 124:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“then the raging waters would have swept us away.”
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BSBPD
“then the raging waters would have swept us away.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Then passed over our soul had the proud waters.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 124:5 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 38:11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
- Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
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