Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version the mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs. New Living Translation The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs! English Standard Version The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. Berean Standard Bible the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. King James Bible The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. New King James Version The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs. New American Standard Bible The mountains skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs. NASB 1995 The mountains skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs. NASB 1977 The mountains skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs. Legacy Standard Bible The mountains skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs. Amplified Bible The mountains leaped like rams, The [little] hills, like lambs. Christian Standard Bible The mountains skipped like rams, the hills, like lambs. Holman Christian Standard Bible The mountains skipped like rams, the hills, like lambs. American Standard Version The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs. Contemporary English Version The mountains and the hills skipped around like goats. English Revised Version The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like young sheep. GOD'S WORD® Translation The mountains jumped like rams. The hills jumped like lambs. Good News Translation The mountains skipped like goats; the hills jumped around like lambs. International Standard Version the mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs. Majority Standard Bible the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. NET Bible The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. New Heart English Bible The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. Webster's Bible Translation The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. World English Bible The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe mountains have skipped as rams, "" Heights as sons of a flock. Young's Literal Translation The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock. Smith's Literal Translation The mountains leaped as rains, the hills as the sons of the flock. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of the flock. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible The mountains skipped like rams; the hills, like lambs. New Revised Standard Version The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs of the flock. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The mountains skipped like stags and the hills like flocks of sheep! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The mountains skipped like rams, The hills like young sheep. Brenton Septuagint Translation The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Tremble at the Presence of the LORD…3The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; 4the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. 5Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,… Cross References Exodus 15:8 At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea. Joshua 3:13-16 When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.” / So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them. / Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, ... Isaiah 64:1-3 If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence, / as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence! / When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence. Habakkuk 3:10 The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high. Nahum 1:5 The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers. Psalm 77:16-19 The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken. / The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. / Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. ... Psalm 97:5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. Psalm 29:6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox. Psalm 18:7 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. Judges 5:4-5 O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water. / The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel. Revelation 6:14 The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. Matthew 27:51 At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split. Mark 11:23 “Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him. Luke 3:5 Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth. Hebrews 12:26 At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.” Treasury of Scripture The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. Psalm 39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. Psalm 68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. Exodus 19:18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. Jump to Previous Flock Goats Heights Hills Jumping Little Mountains Rams Sheep Skipped YoungJump to Next Flock Goats Heights Hills Jumping Little Mountains Rams Sheep Skipped YoungPsalm 114 1. The miracles wrought by God, when he brought his people out of Egypt, 7. are a just ground of fearing him. the mountains skipped like rams This phrase poetically describes a miraculous event during the Exodus when the Israelites crossed the Red Sea and later the Jordan River. The imagery of mountains skipping like rams suggests a powerful, divine intervention that caused the natural world to respond in an extraordinary way. In biblical context, mountains often symbolize stability and permanence, yet here they are depicted as lively and dynamic, emphasizing God's supreme power over creation. This imagery can be connected to other scriptural instances where nature responds to God's presence, such as in Habakkuk 3:6, where mountains tremble. The skipping of mountains can also be seen as a type of Christ's victory over the natural order, foreshadowing the ultimate redemption and transformation of creation through Him. the hills like lambs Persons / Places / Events 1. Mountains and HillsThese natural features are personified in this verse, symbolizing the power and majesty of God’s presence. In the context of Psalm 114, they represent the obstacles that are overcome by God's mighty acts during the Exodus. 2. Exodus Event The historical backdrop of Psalm 114 is the Exodus, where God delivered the Israelites from Egypt. The mountains and hills skipping symbolize the earth's response to God's powerful intervention. 3. Israelites The chosen people of God, who experienced His deliverance and witnessed His power during the Exodus. 4. Rams and Lambs These animals are used metaphorically to describe the lively and vigorous movement of the mountains and hills, emphasizing the joy and awe in response to God's presence. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty Over CreationThe imagery of mountains and hills skipping highlights God's supreme authority over nature. Just as creation responds to His presence, we too should recognize His sovereignty in our lives. Joyful Response to God's Presence The lively movement of the mountains and hills serves as a metaphor for the joy and reverence we should exhibit in response to God's work in our lives. Overcoming Obstacles Through Faith Just as the mountains and hills moved at God's command, we can trust that God will help us overcome the obstacles in our lives when we place our faith in Him. The Power of God's Deliverance Reflecting on the Exodus reminds us of God's power to deliver His people. We can find hope and assurance in His ability to rescue us from our own trials.(4) Skipped.--The Hebrew word thus rendered is translated "dance" in Ecclesiastes 3:4. (See Psalm 18:7.) Exodus 19:18 was no doubt in the poet's thought, but the leaping of the hills formed part of every theophany.Verse 4. - The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. The poet sees in the earthquake that shook Sinai (Exodus 19:18) a general commotion of the entire region, in which both the greater and the lesser elevations take part (comp. Psalm 29:6; Psalm 68:8, 16). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew the mountainsהֶֽ֭הָרִים (he·hā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country skipped רָקְד֣וּ (rā·qə·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7540: To stamp, to spring about like rams, כְאֵילִ֑ים (ḵə·’ê·lîm) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 352: Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree the hills גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת (gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1389: A hillock like lambs. כִּבְנֵי־ (kiḇ·nê-) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son Links Psalm 114:4 NIVPsalm 114:4 NLT Psalm 114:4 ESV Psalm 114:4 NASB Psalm 114:4 KJV Psalm 114:4 BibleApps.com Psalm 114:4 Biblia Paralela Psalm 114:4 Chinese Bible Psalm 114:4 French Bible Psalm 114:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 114:4 The mountains skipped like rams the little (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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