King James Version
Psalms 114:3 in the King James Version says “The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 114 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.”
Psalms 114:3 · KJV
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs .
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“it and fled”
H5127to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
“was driven”
H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
“back”
H268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the west
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