Psalms 77:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.”

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BSBPD

“The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid--also depths are troubled.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 77:16 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 48:5And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
  2. Exodus 6:6Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
  3. Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
  4. Joshua 3:15Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,
  5. Psalms 114:3The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
  6. 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?
  7. Habakkuk 3:15You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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