who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.
Parallel translations
- KJV Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
- BSB You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- NKJV You who still the noise of the seas, The noise of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.
- NASB Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the turmoil of the nations.
- NLT You quieted the raging oceans with their pounding waves and silenced the shouting of the nations.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 89:9You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
- Isa 17:12–13Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
- Ps 93:3–4The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.
- John 18:6When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward, and fell to the ground.
- Ps 107:29He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
- Ps 2:1–4Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
- Job 38:8–11“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
- Ps 76:10Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
- Matt 8:26–27He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
- Ps 74:23Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
- Jonah 1:4But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.
- Jonah 1:15So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.
- Ps 104:6–9You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
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