Psalms 124:4
2 if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
3 when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
5 then the raging waters would have swept us away.
6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
- KJV
- Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
- WEB
- then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.
- ASV
- Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
- DARBY
- Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;
- BLB
- then the waters would have engulfed us, the stream would have passed over our soul;
- ÅB
- da hadde vannene overskyllet oss, en strøm var gått over vår sjel,
- OTB
- Da ville vannet ha flommet over oss,
Strømmen ville ha feid over vår sjel; - B1930
- da hadde vannene overskyllet oss, en strøm var gått over vår sjel,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 17:15
Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
Read in contextPsalms 69:15
Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
Read in contextRevelation 12:15–16
Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:7–8
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
Read in contextPsalms 69:2
I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
Read in contextJeremiah 46:7–8
Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
Read in contextPsalms 32:6
Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:19
So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
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