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Psalms 114:6

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You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?
Psalms 114:6 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
  • BSB O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
  • NKJV O mountains, that you skipped like rams? O little hills, like lambs?
  • NASB Mountains, that you skip like rams? Hills, like lambs?
  • NLT Why, mountains, did you skip like rams? Why, hills, like lambs?

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

  • Ps 29:6He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox.
  • Ps 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 114:6YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 114:6 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Ye mountainsהַרthat ye skippedרָקַדlike ramsאַיִלand ye little hillsגִּבְעָהlike lambsבֵּן
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