Psalms 114:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.

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Referenced Verses

Ps 77:16 : 16 The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
Exod 14:21 : 21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Josh 3:13-16 : 13 And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap. 14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people; 15 and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,) 16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Ps 74:15 : 15 Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Exod 15:8 : 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Ps 104:7 : 7 At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
Ps 106:9 : 9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
Isa 63:12 : 12 that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Hab 3:8-9 : 8 Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation? 9 Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a [sure] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
Hab 3:15 : 15 Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 114:4-6
3 verses
89%
4The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.
5What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?
6Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?
Hab 3:10
79%
10The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.
Ps 77:16
78%
16The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
Josh 4:22-23
2 verses
77%
22Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
23For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over;
Exod 14:21-22
2 verses
77%
21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Ps 66:6
77%
6He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot: There did we rejoice in him.
Exod 14:26-30
5 verses
76%
26And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.
29But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
30Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.
Josh 3:13-17
5 verses
75%
13And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.
14And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people;
15and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,)
16that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
17And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
Ps 106:9
75%
9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
Josh 4:18
75%
18And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.
Neh 9:11
74%
11And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Ps 78:53
74%
53And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Hab 3:15
74%
15Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.
Exod 15:19
74%
19For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Nah 1:4
74%
4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Josh 3:11
73%
11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into the Jordan.
Exod 15:8
73%
8And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Num 21:14
73%
14Wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Jehovah, Vaheb in Suphah, And the valleys of the Arnon,
Exod 14:16
73%
16And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.
Ps 78:13
73%
13He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.
Isa 43:16
73%
16Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Exod 15:10
73%
10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Judg 5:4
73%
4Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
Hab 3:7
73%
7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Ps 104:7
73%
7At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
Ps 46:3
73%
3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {H5542}
Josh 5:1
73%
1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Isa 51:10
72%
10Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
Ps 106:11
72%
11And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.
Ps 114:2
72%
2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
Exod 15:4
72%
4Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
Ps 93:3
72%
3The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.
Ps 74:15
72%
15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Jer 46:5
72%
5Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.
Josh 2:10
72%
10For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Ps 124:5
72%
5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Exod 15:12
72%
12Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.
2 Sam 22:16
72%
16Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.