Psalms 114:3
The sea hath seen, and fleeth, The Jordan turneth backward.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
In Context
2Judah became His sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
4The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock.
Cross References
Exodus 14:21And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and Jehovah causeth the sea to go on by a strong east wind all the night, and maketh the sea become dry ground, and the waters are cleaved,
Joshua 3:13and it hath been, at the resting of the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of Jehovah, Lord of all the earth, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan are cut off — the waters which are coming down from above — and they stand — one heap.'
Psalms 74:15Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
Psalms 77:17Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also — Thine arrows go up and down.
Psalms 106:9And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.
Habakkuk 3:8Against rivers hath Jehovah been wroth? Against rivers [is] Thine anger? Against the sea [is] Thy wrath? For Thou dost ride on Thy horses — Thy chariots of salvation?
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 →