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Psalms 114

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVWhen Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
    WEBWhen Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language,
  2. 2
    KJVJudah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
    WEBJudah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
  3. 3
    KJVThe sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
    WEBThe sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
  4. 4
    KJVThe mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
    WEBThe mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
  5. 5
    KJVWhat ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
    WEBWhat was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
  6. 6
    KJVYe mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
    WEBYou mountains, that you skipped like rams? You little hills, like lambs?
  7. 7
    KJVTremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
    WEBTremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
  8. 8
    KJVWhich turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
    WEBwho turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
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