Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You let people ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance. New Living Translation Then you put a leader over us. We went through fire and flood, but you brought us to a place of great abundance. English Standard Version you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. Berean Standard Bible You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance. King James Bible Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. New King James Version You have caused men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But You brought us out to rich fulfillment. New American Standard Bible You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water. Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance. NASB 1995 You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance. NASB 1977 Thou didst make men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; Yet Thou didst bring us out into a place of abundance. Legacy Standard Bible You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance. Amplified Bible You made men (charioteers) ride over our heads [in defeat]; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a [broad] place of abundance [to be refreshed]. Christian Standard Bible You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us out to abundance. Holman Christian Standard Bible You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us out to abundance. American Standard Version Thou didst cause men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. Contemporary English Version You sent war chariots to crush our skulls. We traveled through fire and through floods, but you brought us to a land of plenty. English Revised Version Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. GOD'S WORD® Translation You let people ride over our heads. We went through fire and water, but then you brought us out and refreshed us. Good News Translation You let our enemies trample us; we went through fire and flood, but now you have brought us to a place of safety. International Standard Version You caused men to ride over us. You brought us through fire and water, but you led us to abundance. Majority Standard Bible You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance. NET Bible You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place. New Heart English Bible You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance. Webster's Bible Translation Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. World English Bible You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou have caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, "" And You bring us out to a watered place. Young's Literal Translation Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place. Smith's Literal Translation Thou didst cause men to ride upon our head; we went through fire and through water: and thou wilt bring us forth to abundance. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims Biblethou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through tire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible You let captors set foot on our neck; we went through fire and water; then you led us out to freedom. New Revised Standard Version you let people ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a spacious place. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThou hast caused us to be in servitude; we went through fire and through water; finally thou didst bring us out into a comfortable place. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated You have made a man to ride over our head; you have brought us into fire and into water, and you have brought us out unto an expanse. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But Thou didst bring us out unto abundance. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou didst mount men upon our heads; we went through the fire and water; but thou broughtest us out into a place of refreshment. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Make a Joyful Noise…11You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs. 12You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance. 13I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—… Cross References Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze. Exodus 14:29 But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it. Isaiah 48:10 See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. Zechariah 13:9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’” 1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials / so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Daniel 3:25-27 “Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!” / Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire, / and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them. James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, / because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. / Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Job 23:10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. Deuteronomy 8:2-3 Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments. / He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. Malachi 3:3 And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. / He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us, Isaiah 30:20-21 The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him. / And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.” Treasury of Scripture You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but you brought us out into a wealthy place. caused Psalm 129:1-3 A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: … Isaiah 51:23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over. through Isaiah 43:1,2 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine… Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. 1 Thessalonians 3:3,4 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto… but thou Psalm 33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Psalm 40:2,3 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings… Job 36:16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. wealthy [heb. Psalm 107:35-37 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings… Isaiah 35:6,7 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert… Jump to Previous Abundance Allowed Broughtest Cause Caused Driving Entered Fire Forth Heads Ride Spacious Water Watered WealthyJump to Next Abundance Allowed Broughtest Cause Caused Driving Entered Fire Forth Heads Ride Spacious Water Watered WealthyPsalm 66 1. David exhorts to praise God5. observe his great works 8. to bless him for his gracious benefits 12. He vows for himself reverent service to God 16. He declares God's special goodness to himself You let men ride over our heads This phrase evokes a vivid image of subjugation and oppression. The Hebrew word for "ride" (רָכַב, rakab) often implies domination or control, as a rider has over a horse. Historically, this could refer to times when Israel was under foreign domination, such as during the Babylonian exile. The imagery of men riding over their heads suggests a period of intense humiliation and suffering, yet it also implies that God allowed this for a purpose, perhaps as a form of discipline or a test of faith. we went through fire and water but You brought us into abundance We went through fire and water.--A figure of extreme danger. (Comp. Isaiah 43:2.) A wealthy place.--The LXX. and Vulg., "to refreshment," which is certainly more in keeping with the figures employed, and may perhaps be got out of the root-idea of the word, "overflow." But a slight change gives the frequent figure "a broad place." Verse 12. - Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads. See the Egyptian and Assyrian sculptures passim, where the king in his chariot gallops over the bodies of his dead and wounded enemies. We went through fire and through water; i.e. through dangers of every kind - a proverbial expression (comp. Isaiah 43:2). But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place; or, "a place of refreshment" (εἰς ἀναψυχήν, LXX.). Dr. Kay renders, "a place of rich comfort;" Professor Cheyne, "a place of liberty" (comp. Psalm 23:4 and Jeremiah 31:25).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You let menאֱנ֗וֹשׁ (’ĕ·nō·wōš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 582: Man, mankind ride הִרְכַּ֥בְתָּ (hir·kaḇ·tā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch over our heads; לְרֹ֫אשֵׁ֥נוּ (lə·rō·šê·nū) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 7218: The head we went בָּֽאנוּ־ (bā·nū-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go through fire בָאֵ֥שׁ (ḇā·’êš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 784: A fire and water, וּבַמַּ֑יִם (ū·ḇam·ma·yim) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen but You brought us וַ֝תּוֹצִיאֵ֗נוּ (wat·tō·w·ṣî·’ê·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common plural Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim into abundance. לָֽרְוָיָֽה׃ (lā·rə·wā·yāh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7310: Satisfaction Links Psalm 66:12 NIVPsalm 66:12 NLT Psalm 66:12 ESV Psalm 66:12 NASB Psalm 66:12 KJV Psalm 66:12 BibleApps.com Psalm 66:12 Biblia Paralela Psalm 66:12 Chinese Bible Psalm 66:12 French Bible Psalm 66:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 66:12 You allowed men to ride over our (Psalm Ps Psa.) |