Psalm 104:7
New International Version
But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;

New Living Translation
At your command, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.

English Standard Version
At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.

Berean Standard Bible
At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—

King James Bible
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

New King James Version
At Your rebuke they fled; At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.

New American Standard Bible
They fled from Your rebuke, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.

NASB 1995
At Your rebuke they fled, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.

NASB 1977
At Thy rebuke they fled; At the sound of Thy thunder they hurried away.

Legacy Standard Bible
At Your rebuke they fled, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.

Amplified Bible
At Your rebuke they fled; At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.

Christian Standard Bible
At your rebuke the water fled; at the sound of your thunder they hurried away —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—

American Standard Version
At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away

Contemporary English Version
Then your voice thundered! And the water flowed

English Revised Version
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
and fled because of your threat. Water ran away at the sound of your thunder.

Good News Translation
When you rebuked the waters, they fled; they rushed away when they heard your shout of command.

International Standard Version
They flee at your rebuke; they rush away at the sound of your thunders.

Majority Standard Bible
At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—

NET Bible
Your shout made the waters retreat; at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off--

New Heart English Bible
At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.

Webster's Bible Translation
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

World English Bible
At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They flee from Your rebuke, "" They hurry away from the voice of Your thunder.

Young's Literal Translation
From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away.

Smith's Literal Translation
From thy rebuke they shall flee; from the voice of thy thunder they shall be terrified.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.

Catholic Public Domain Version
At your rebuke, they will flee. At the voice of your thunder, they will dread.

New American Bible
At your rebuke they took flight; at the sound of your thunder they fled.

New Revised Standard Version
At your rebuke they flee; at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hastened away.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
From your rebuke they flee and they hasten from the voice of your thunders.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
At Thy rebuke they fled, At the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away--

Brenton Septuagint Translation
At thy rebuke they shall flee; at the voice of thy thunder they shall be alarmed.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— 8the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—…

Cross References
Genesis 1:9-10
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. / God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

Job 38:8-11
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, / when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, / when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, ...

Exodus 14:21-22
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, / and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

Proverbs 8:29
when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.

Isaiah 50:2
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

Nahum 1:4
He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

Jonah 1:15
Then they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.

Genesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

Job 26:10
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

Isaiah 51:10
Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?

Matthew 8:26-27
“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. / The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

Mark 4:39-41
Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm. / “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?” / Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

Luke 8:24-25
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm. / “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”

John 1:3
Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.


Treasury of Scripture

At your rebuke they fled; at the voice of your thunder they hurried away.

at thy

Genesis 8:1
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

Proverbs 8:28
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

Mark 4:39
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

they fled

Psalm 114:3-7
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back…

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At Your rebuke
The word "rebuke" in Hebrew is "גַּעֲרָה" (ga'arah), which conveys a sense of authoritative reprimand or command. In the biblical context, God's rebuke is powerful and effective, demonstrating His supreme authority over creation. This phrase reflects the divine power that God holds, where even the chaotic forces of nature are subject to His command. Historically, this can be seen in the context of the creation narrative and the Flood, where God's word alone was sufficient to bring order out of chaos.

the waters fled
The imagery of waters fleeing is reminiscent of the parting of the Red Sea in Exodus, where the waters were driven back by God's command to allow the Israelites to escape from Egypt. The Hebrew word for "fled" is "נָסוּ" (nasu), which implies a rapid and decisive movement away from a place. This phrase underscores the idea that the natural world responds immediately and obediently to God's will, highlighting His sovereignty over the elements.

at the sound of Your thunder
"Thunder" in Hebrew is "קוֹל" (qol), which can also mean "voice" or "sound." This dual meaning enriches the text, suggesting that God's voice is as powerful and awe-inspiring as thunder. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, thunder was often associated with the voice of the gods, and here it signifies the majestic and commanding presence of the Lord. The sound of God's thunder is a metaphor for His powerful and authoritative communication with creation.

they hurried away
The phrase "hurried away" uses the Hebrew word "חָפַז" (chafaz), which means to move quickly or to be in haste. This conveys the immediacy and urgency with which the waters respond to God's command. It reflects the idea that all of creation is under God's control and acts in accordance with His divine will. This phrase serves as a reminder of the order and structure that God imposes on the universe, ensuring that everything functions according to His perfect plan.

Verse 7. - At thy rebuke they fled. It required only a few words from God (Genesis 1:9) for the whole surface of the earth to be changed. The waters "fled" - they shifted their place - removed from some portions of the earth's surface, and "gathered themselves together" into others, allowing the dry land to appear. Elevations and depressions of the land must have at the same time occurred. At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away (comp. Job 40:9, "Hast thou an arm like God, or canst thou thunder with a voice like his?"). The voice of God, especially when he speaks in "rebuke," is as thunder,

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
At
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

Your rebuke
גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ֣ (ga·‘ă·rā·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1606: A chiding

the waters fled;
יְנוּס֑וּן (yə·nū·sūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away

at
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the sound
ק֥וֹל (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

of Your thunder
רַֽ֝עַמְךָ֗ (ra·‘am·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7482: A peal of thunder

they hurried away—
יֵחָפֵזֽוּן׃ (yê·ḥā·p̄ê·zūn)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 2648: To start up suddenly, to hasten away, to fear


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