Psalms 93:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָשְׂא֤וּ נְהָר֨וֹת ׀ יְֽהוָ֗ה נָשְׂא֣וּ נְהָר֣וֹת קוֹלָ֑ם יִשְׂא֖וּ נְהָר֣וֹת דָּכְיָֽם׃

Transliteration

nāśʾû nəhārôṯ YHWH nāśʾû nəhārôṯ qôlām yiśʾû nəhārôṯ dāḵyām

Grammar Details

*nāśʾû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - lifted up (repeated)
*nəhārôṯ*: noun, masculine plural - rivers/floods (repeated)
*YHWH*: noun, proper name, vocative
*qôlām*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their voice
*yiśʾû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - will lift up
*dāḵyām*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their crashing/roaring

Word Meanings

*nāśʾû*: lifted up/raised/carried
*nəhārôṯ*: rivers/floods/streams
*qôlām*: their voice/their sound
*dāḵyām*: their roaring/their crashing/their pounding waves

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 96:11 : 11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;
Ps 18:4 : 4 The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Ps 69:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Ps 69:14-16 : 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me. 16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying], 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
Ps 98:7-8 : 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein; 8 Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together
Ps 107:25-26 : 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
Ps 124:3-5 : 3 Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us; 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul; 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Isa 17:12-13 : 12 Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters! 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
Isa 55:12 : 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.
Jer 46:7-8 : 7 Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers? 8 Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.
Jonah 2:3 : 3 For 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.
Acts 4:25-27 : 25 who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed: 27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,
Rev 12:15 : 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
Rev 17:15 : 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 93:4
88%
4Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.
Ps 29:3-4
2 verses
81%
3The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters.
4The voice of Jehovah is powerful; The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty.
Ps 46:3
78%
3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {H5542}
Ps 29:10
78%
10Jehovah sat [as King] at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever.
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.
Ps 89:9
76%
9Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Ps 107:24-26
3 verses
76%
24These see the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep.
25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
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 93:1-2
2 verses
75%
1Jehovah reigneth; He is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.
2Thy throne is established of old: Thou art from everlasting.
Ps 77:16
75%
16The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
Ps 24:2
75%
2For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
2 Sam 22:5
74%
5For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
Ps 98:7-8
2 verses
74%
7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein;
8Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together
Ps 124:4-5
2 verses
74%
4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Jonah 2:3
73%
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 65:7
73%
7Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.
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.
Isa 24:14
73%
14These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea.
Jer 46:7
72%
7Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Ps 33:7
72%
7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.
Ps 114:3
72%
3The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.
Isa 43:16
71%
16Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Isa 51:15
71%
15For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Ps 88:7
71%
7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. {H5542}
Job 38:34
71%
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
Jer 51:42
71%
42The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Job 38:11
71%
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Hab 3:15
71%
15Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.
Ps 74:15
71%
15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Ps 104:6
71%
6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.
Exod 15:10
71%
10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Isa 33:3
71%
3At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.
Isa 17:12
71%
12Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
Ps 46:6
71%
6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
2 Sam 22:16-17
2 verses
70%
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.
17He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
Jer 5:22
70%
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.
1 Chr 16:32
70%
32Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; Let the field exult, and all that is therein;
Ps 18:15
70%
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 114:5
70%
5What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?
Ps 96:11
70%
11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;
Amos 9:5
70%
5For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, [is] he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;
Ps 97:1
70%
1Jehovah reigneth; Let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad.
Ps 69:2
70%
2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.