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Psalms 66:12

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.

KJV

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.

ASV

הִרְכַּ֥בְתָּ אֱנ֗וֹשׁ לְ/רֹ֫אשֵׁ֥/נוּ בָּֽאנוּ בָ/אֵ֥שׁ וּ/בַ/מַּ֑יִם וַ֝/תּוֹצִיאֵ֗/נוּ לָֽ/רְוָיָֽה

Hebrew

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.

YLT

You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱנ֣וֹשׁ
'nvsh
noun · 41×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
וֹ
v
verb · 78×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
רְוָיָֽה
rvyh
noun · 2×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 3:3 — That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
  • Acts 7:30 — And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
  • 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.
  • Acts 26:22 — Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
  • Exod 3:2 — And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
  • Isa 35:6 — 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.
  • Isa 43:1 — 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.
  • Isa 43:2 — When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame k
  • Isa 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 o
  • Jas 5:11 — Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
  • 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.
  • Ps 33:19 — To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
  • Ps 40:2 — 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.
  • Ps 107:35 — He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
  • Ps 129:1 — Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
  • Rev 7:14 — And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.