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Psalm 114:1–6

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1–8114After Israel left Egypt,

the clan of Jacob left those barbarians behind;

Judah became holy land for him,

Israel the place of holy rule.

Sea took one look and ran the other way;

River Jordan turned around and ran off.

The mountains turned playful and skipped like rams,

the hills frolicked like spring lambs.

What’s wrong with you, Sea, that you ran away?

and you, River Jordan, that you turned and ran off?

And mountains, why did you skip like rams?

and you, hills, frolic like spring lambs?

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When Israel went out from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

The sea looked and fled;

Jordan turned back.

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?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When Israel came out of Egypt,

Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

Judah became God’s sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

The sea looked and fled,

the Jordan turned back;

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?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When Israel came out of Egypt—

the house of Jacob from a people

who spoke a foreign language—

Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel, his dominion.

The sea looked and fled;

the Jordan turned back.

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?

NLTNew Living Translation

When the Israelites escaped from Egypt—

when the family of Jacob left that foreign land—

the land of Judah became God’s sanctuary,

and Israel became his kingdom.

The Red Sea saw them coming and hurried out of their way!

The water of the Jordan River turned away.

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?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When Israel went out from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people of a strange language,

Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

The sea looked and fled;

the Jordan turned back.

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?

KJV 1900King James Version

When Israel went out of Egypt,

The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

Judah was his sanctuary,

And Israel his dominion.

The sea saw it, and fled:

Jordan was driven back.

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?