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Psalm 114:4–7

uThe mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

What vails you, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

wTremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

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Psalm 114:4–7 — The New International Version (NIV)

the mountains leaped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

Why was it, sea, that you fled?

Why, Jordan, did you turn back?

Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,

you hills, like lambs?

Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

Psalm 114:4–7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The mountains skipped like rams,

And the little hills like lambs.

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?

Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams;

And ye little hills, like lambs?

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord,

At the presence of the God of Jacob;

Psalm 114:4–7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs!

What’s wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way?

What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?

Why, mountains, did you skip like rams?

Why, hills, like lambs?

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob.

Psalm 114:4–7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The mountains skipped like rams,

The little hills like lambs.

What ails you, O sea, that you fled?

O Jordan, that you turned back?

O mountains, that you skipped like rams?

O little hills, like lambs?

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

At the presence of the God of Jacob,

Psalm 114:4–7 — New Century Version (NCV)

The mountains danced like sheep

and the hills like little lambs.

Sea, why did you run away?

Jordan, why did you turn back?

Mountains, why did you dance like sheep?

Hills, why did you dance like little lambs?

Earth, shake with fear before the Lord,

before the God of Jacob.

Psalm 114:4–7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The mountains skipped like rams,

The little hills like lambs.

What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest?

Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams;

Ye little hills, like lambs?

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord,

At the presence of the God of Jacob,

Psalm 114:4–7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the †God of Jacob,

Psalm 114:4–7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The mountains jumped like rams. 

The hills jumped like lambs. 

Red Sea, why did you run away? 

Jordan River, what made you turn back? 

Mountains, what made you jump like rams? 

Hills, what made you jump like lambs? 

Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord, 

in the presence of the God of Jacob. 

Psalm 114:4–7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills, like lambs.

Why was it, sea, that you fled?

Jordan, that you turned back?

Mountains, that you skipped like rams?

Hills, like lambs?

Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

Psalm 114:4–7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

Why is it, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

Psalm 114:4–7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

What’s with you, O sea, that you fled?

O Jordan, that you turned back?

O mountains, that you skipped like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

At the presence of the Lord writhe, O earth,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

Psalm 114:4–7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The mountains leaped like rams.

The hills skipped like lambs.

Red Sea, why did you part?

Jordan River, why did you stop flowing?

Why did you mountains leap like rams?

Why did you hills skip like lambs?

Earth, tremble with fear when the Lord comes.

Tremble when the God of Jacob is near.

Psalm 114:4–7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The mountains skipped like rams,

The hills, like lambs.

What ails you, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

Tremble, O earth, before the Lord,

Before the God of Jacob,


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