Psalms 114:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Hab 3:8 : 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?
Jer 47:6-7 : 6 O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still. 7 How canst thou be quiet, seeing Jehovah hath given thee a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath he appointed it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 114:3-4
2 verses
89%
3The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.
4The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.
Ps 114:6-8
3 verses
86%
6Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?
7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
8Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
Hab 3:10
77%
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.
Isa 51:10
76%
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 77:16
76%
16The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
Ps 74:15
74%
15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Judg 5:4
74%
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 3:15
74%
15Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.
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.
Hab 3:8
73%
8Was 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?
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.
Josh 4:22-23
2 verses
72%
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;
Ps 66:6
72%
6He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot: There did we rejoice in him.
Neh 9:11
72%
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 104:6-8
3 verses
72%
6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.
7At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
8(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.
Jer 5:22
72%
22Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
Ps 46:3
72%
3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {H5542}
Exod 15:10
71%
10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Jer 12:5
71%
5If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?
Job 38:11
71%
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Ps 18:15
71%
15Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Ps 42:7
71%
7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Jer 4:24
71%
24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
Ps 77:19
71%
19Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.
2 Sam 22:16
71%
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.
Exod 14:21
70%
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.
Job 38:16
70%
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Ps 93:3
70%
3The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.
Ezek 47:8
70%
8Then said he unto me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea [shall the waters go] which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.
Jer 46:5
70%
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.
Ps 60:2
70%
2Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Isa 43:16
70%
16Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Josh 4:18
70%
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.
Ps 74:13
70%
13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
Ps 124:5
70%
5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Ps 89:9
70%
9Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Jonah 1:11
70%
11Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
Josh 3:16
70%
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.
Jer 49:4
69%
4Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come unto me?
Exod 14:27
69%
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.
Josh 5:1
69%
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.
2 Sam 22:5
69%
5For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
Jer 46:7
69%
7Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Isa 64:3
69%
3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.