Psalms 114:6
You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
In Context
5What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?
7Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;
Cross References
Job 9:6Who is moving the earth out of its place, so that its pillars are shaking:
Psalms 114:4The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 114:2-8
The Deliverance of Israel Celebrated. 1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; 2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at… Read the whole commentary →