Psalm 124:4
Strong's Lexicon
then
אֲ֭זַי (’ă·zay)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 233: 1) then, in that case

the floods
הַמַּ֣יִם (ham·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

would have engulfed us,
שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ (šə·ṭā·p̄ū·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7857: 1) to wash, rinse, overflow, engulf, rinse or wash off 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to overflow 1a2) to flow, run 1a3) to rinse or wash off 1b) (Niphal) to be swept away, be rinsed out 1c) (Pual) to be rinsed, be scoured and rinsed

the torrent
נַ֗֜חְלָה‪‬ (naḥ·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5158: 1) torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley 1a) torrent 1b) torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed) 1c) shaft (of mine) 2) palm-tree 2a) meaning dubious

would have overwhelmed
עָבַ֥ר (‘ā·ḇar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5674: 1) to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pass over, cross, cross over, pass over, march over, overflow, go over 1a2) to pass beyond 1a3) to pass through, traverse 1a3a) passers-through (participle) 1a3b) to pass through (the parts of victim in covenant) 1a4) to pass along, pass by, overtake and pass, sweep by 1a4a) passer-by (participle) 1a4b) to be past, be over 1a5) to pass on, go on, pass on before, go in advance of, pass along, travel, advance 1a6) to pass away 1a6a) to emigrate, leave (one's territory) 1a6b) to vanish 1a6c) to perish, cease to exist 1a6d) to become invalid, become obsolete (of law, decree) 1a6e) to be alienated, pass into other hands 1b) (Niphal) to be crossed 1c) (Piel) to impregnate, cause to cross 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to pass over, cause to bring over, cause to cross over, make over to, dedicate, devote 1d2) to cause to pass through 1d3) to cause to pass by or beyond or under, let pass by 1d4) to cause to pass away, cause to take away 1e) (Hithpael) to pass over

עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

us,
נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃ (nap̄·šê·nū)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

Young's Literal Translation
Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the waters would have engulfed us; the torrent would have swept over us ;

New American Standard Bible
Then the waters would have engulfed us, The stream would have swept over our soul;

King James Bible
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,

New Living Translation
The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us.

English Standard Version
then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;

New American Standard Bible
Then the waters would have engulfed us, The stream would have swept over our soul;

King James Bible
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the waters would have engulfed us; the torrent would have swept over us;

International Standard Version
Then the flood waters would have overwhelmed us, the torrent would have flooded over us;

NET Bible
The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

American Standard Version
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;

English Revised Version
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Young's Literal Translation
Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,
















Cross References
Job 22:11
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

Psalm 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Psalm 18:16
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

Psalm 32:6
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

Psalm 69:2
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Psalm 69:15
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Psalm 88:17
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

Psalm 144:7
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

Jeremiah 51:55
Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 124:3
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
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