Psalms 124:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

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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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5/5

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

Job 38:11 : 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves. 4 Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.
Jer 5:22 : 22 Fear 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 124:1-4
4 verses
94%
1A Song of Ascents; of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,
2If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;
3Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
Ps 123:3-4
2 verses
78%
3Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.
Ps 124:6-7
2 verses
77%
6Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
2 Sam 22:5-6
2 verses
77%
5For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
6The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Jonah 2:5
77%
5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
Ps 69:1-2
2 verses
77%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.
2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Exod 15:5
76%
5The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.
Lam 3:54
76%
54Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Ps 42:7
75%
7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Ps 107:26
75%
26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
Exod 15:10
74%
10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Job 30:14
74%
14As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].
Jonah 2:3
74%
3For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
Ps 66:6
74%
6He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot: There did we rejoice in him.
2 Sam 22:17
74%
17He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
Ps 77:16
74%
16The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
Ps 66:12
74%
12Thou didst cause men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
Ps 93:3-4
2 verses
74%
3The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.
4Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.
Ps 106:11
73%
11And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.
Ps 78:53
73%
53And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Ps 140:5
73%
5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {H5542}
Ps 18:16
73%
16He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.
Ps 86:14
73%
14O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.
Ps 18:4
72%
4The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Ps 69:15
72%
15Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Ps 44:19
72%
19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
Ps 107:5
72%
5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
Hab 3:10
72%
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 114:3
72%
3The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.
Ps 46:3
72%
3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {H5542}
Ps 44:25
72%
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
Ps 143:4
71%
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
Lam 5:4-5
2 verses
71%
4We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
5Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
Job 22:16
71%
16Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
Ps 17:11
71%
11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.
Jer 51:42
71%
42The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Exod 15:8
71%
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.
Ps 35:25
71%
25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Neh 9:11
71%
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.
Hab 3:15
70%
15Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.
Ps 104:6
70%
6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.