Psalms 114:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?

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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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Readability

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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

Ps 29:6 : 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.
Ps 114:4 : 4 The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 114:3-5
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3The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.
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5What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?
Ps 114:7-8
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81%
7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
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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.
Jer 4:24
77%
24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
Isa 2:14
75%
14and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
Ps 68:15-16
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15A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.
16Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell [in it] for ever.
Mic 1:4
75%
4And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
Judg 5:4-5
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75%
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.
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Nah 1:4-5
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75%
4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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Ps 97:5
74%
5The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Ps 29:6
74%
6He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.
Ps 104:8
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8(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.
Ps 148:9-10
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9Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars;
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Ps 46:3
73%
3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {H5542}
Ps 65:12
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12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy.
Hab 3:6
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6He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.
Mic 6:1-2
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73%
1Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
2Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
Ps 104:18
72%
18The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.
Isa 2:21
72%
21to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
Isa 64:3
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Ps 76:4
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4Glorious art thou [and] excellent, From the mountains of prey.
Isa 55:12
72%
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Ps 104:32
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32Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
Ps 104:6
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Joel 1:18
71%
18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Joel 2:5
71%
5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Isa 64:1
71%
1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
Jer 48:27
71%
27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
Ps 98:8
71%
8Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together
Ps 72:3
71%
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Ezek 36:4
71%
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Ps 46:6
71%
6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Job 40:20
71%
20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.
Ezek 6:3
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3and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
Ps 18:7
70%
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Ps 144:5
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5Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Jer 49:4
70%
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Ps 36:6
70%
6Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.
Ezek 36:1
70%
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Ps 65:6
70%
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Isa 41:15
70%
15Behold, I have made thee [to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.