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Psalm 124:4

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124:4The water would have overpowered us;

the current2 would have overwhelmed3 us.4

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Or “stream.”
  2. 3 Heb “would have passed over.”
  3. 4 Heb “our being.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see 660 נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

then the flood would have swept us away,

the torrent would have gone over us;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

the flood would have engulfed us,

the torrent would have swept over us,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the water would have engulfed us;

the torrent would have swept over us;

NLTNew Living Translation

The waters would have engulfed us;

a torrent would have overwhelmed us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then the waters would have flooded over us,

the torrent would have passed over our soul.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then the waters had overwhelmed us,

The stream had gone over our soul: