Psalms 48:5
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
Psalms 48:5 in other translations
| BSB | They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror. |
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| WEB | They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away. |
| ASV | They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away. |
| YLT | They have seen--so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away. |
| DARBY | They saw, — so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation: |
| BBE | They saw it, and so were full of wonder; they were troubled, and went quickly away in fear. |
| Webster | They saw it, and so they wondered; they were troubled, and hasted away. |
What does Psalms 48:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 48:4-6
4-6. For--The reason is given. Though the kings (perhaps of Moab and Ammon, compare Psa 83:3-5) combined, a conviction of God's presence with His people, evinced by the unusual courage with which the prophets (compare 2Ch 20:12-20) had inspired them, seized on their minds, and smitten with sudden and intense alarm, they fled astonished.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 48:1-7
The glories of the church of Christ. Verses 1-7 Jerusalem is the city of our God: none on earth render him due honour except the citizens of the spiritual Jerusalem. Happy the kingdom, the city, the family, the heart, in which God is great, in which he is all. There God is known. The clearer discoveries are made to us of the Lord and his greatness, the more it is expected that we should abound in his praises. The…
Psalms 48:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 48:5
- Exodus 14:25
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
- 2 Kings 7:6-7
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
- 2 Kings 19:35-37
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
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Context
- Psalms 48:4
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
- Psalms 48:5
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
- Psalms 48:6
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Psalms 48:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y viéndola ellos así, maravilláronse, se turbaron, diéronse priesa á huir. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car voici, les rois se sont assemblés, ils ont passé outre ensemble: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie sahen, da erstaunten sie; sie wurden bestürzt, flohen ängstlich hinweg. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Inclinabo in parabolam aurem meam; aperiam in psalterio propositionem meam. |