Psalms 114 · Verse 6

Psalms 114:6

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
Psalms 114:6, King James Version

Psalms 114:6 in other translations

BSBO mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
WEBYou mountains, that you skipped like rams? You little hills, like lambs?
ASVYe mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?
YLTO mountains, ye skip as rams! O heights, as sons of a flock!
DARBYYe mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs?
BBEYou mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?
WebsterYe mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

What does Psalms 114:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 114:5-8

5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.

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Psalms 114:6 in the original Hebrew

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הֶֽ֭הָרִיםHe.ha.rimO mountainsH2022
תִּרְקְד֣וּtir.ke.Duyou will skip aboutH7540
כְאֵילִ֑יםkhe.'ei.Limlike ramsH352
גְּ֝בָע֗וֹתge.va.'otO hillsH1389
כִּבְנֵי\־kiv.nei-like young ones ofH1121
צֹֽאן\׃TzonsheepH6629

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 114:6

  • Psalms 29:6

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

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skipped.
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Context

  • Psalms 114:5

    What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

  • Psalms 114:6

    Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

  • Psalms 114:7

    Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

Read all of Psalms 114

Psalms 114:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Oh montes, ¿por qué saltasteis como carneros, y vosotros, collados, como corderitos?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Vous, montagnes, pour sauter comme des béliers; vous, collines, comme des agneaux?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ihr Berge, daß ihr hüpftet wie Widder? ihr Hügel, wie junge Schafe?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Custodiens parvulos Dominus; humiliatus sum, et liberavit me.