Psalms 29:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young ox.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּרְקִידֵ֥ם כְּמוֹ־עֵ֑גֶל לְבָנ֥וֹן וְ֝שִׂרְיֹ֗ן כְּמ֣וֹ בֶן־רְאֵמִֽים׃

Transliteration

wayyarqîdēm like-ʿēgel Ləbānôn wəŚiryōn like ben-rəʾēmîm

Grammar Details

• *wayyarqîdēm*: conjunction waw + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and he makes them skip
• *kəmô-ʿēgel*: preposition + masculine singular - like a calf
• *Ləbānôn*: proper noun - Lebanon
• *wəŚiryōn*: conjunction waw + proper noun - and Sirion
• *kəmô*: preposition - like
• *ben-rəʾēmîm*: masculine singular construct + masculine plural - young wild ox

Word Meanings

• *wayyarqîdēm*: makes them skip/leap/dance
• *ʿēgel*: calf/young bull
• *Śiryōn*: Sirion (another name for Mount Hermon)
• *rəʾēmîm*: wild oxen/wild bulls/antelopes

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  He maketh them also to skip{H7540} like a calf;{H5695} Lebanon{H3844} and Sirion{H8303} like a young{H1121} wild-ox.{H7214}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  He maketh them also to skip{H7540}{(H8686)} like a calf{H5695}; Lebanon{H3844} and Sirion{H8303} like a young{H1121} unicorn{H7214}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The voyce of the LORDE breaketh the Cedre trees: yee the LORDE breaketh the Ceders of Libanus.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He maketh them also to leape like a calfe: Lebanon also and Shirion like a yong vnicorne.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he maketh them to skip like a calfe: Libanus also and Sirion like a young vnicorne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And He causeth them to skip as a calf, Lebanon and Sirion as a son of Reems,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He makes them go jumping about like a young ox; Lebanon and Sirion like a young mountain ox.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a young ox.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 3:9 : 9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
• Num 23:22 : 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he has the strength of a wild ox.
• Ps 92:10 : 10 But you will exalt my horn like the horn of a wild ox; I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
• Ps 114:4-7 : 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What troubled you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you were driven back? 6 O mountains, that you skipped like rams; and O little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
• Jer 4:23-25 : 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was formless and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no one, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
• Hab 3:6-9 : 6 He stood and measured the earth; He looked and drove asunder the nations. The everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills bowed; His ways are everlasting. 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction, and the curtains of the land of Midian trembled. 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? Was Your anger against the rivers? Was Your wrath against the sea, that You rode upon Your horses and Your chariots of salvation? 9 Your bow was made bare, according to the oaths of the tribes, Your word. Selah. You cleaved the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw You and trembled; the overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice and lifted up its hands on high. 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of Your arrows they went, and at the shining of Your glittering spear.
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away; and there was no place found for them.