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Psalms Chapter 124 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 124:4

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
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BBE Psalms 124:4

We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;
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DARBY Psalms 124:4

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;
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KJV Psalms 124:4

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
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WBT Psalms 124:4

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WEB Psalms 124:4

Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;
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YLT Psalms 124:4

Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Then the waters had overwhelmed us. A sudden and startling change of metaphor. In the quick transition of Oriental thought, the fire becomes a flood - an irresistible torrent-stream, carrying all before it (comp. Psalm 18:4; Psalm 144:7). The stream had gone over our soul; i.e. "had mounted up over our heads, and stifled our breath of life."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Waters.--The sudden transition in the imagery from the earthquake to the flood is characteristic of Hebrew poetry. (For the flood, see Psalm 18:4; Psalm 18:16; Psalm 69:14; Psalm 144:7.)Stream.--The torrent swollen with the winter rain. (Comp. Isaiah 8:7-8.) . . .