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Psalms 74:15

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

KJV

Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

ASV

אַתָּ֣ה בָ֭קַעְתָּ מַעְיָ֣ן וָ/נָ֑חַל אַתָּ֥ה ה֝וֹבַ֗שְׁתָּ נַהֲר֥וֹת אֵיתָֽן

Hebrew

Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.

YLT

You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵיתָֽן
'ytn
adjective · 13×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
הֹבִ֥ישׁ
hbysh
verb · 73×
מַעְיָ֣ן
m'yn
noun · 22×
נְהַר
nhr
noun · 119×
נַ֣חַל
nchl
noun · 140×
תִּבָּקַ֥ע
tbq'
verb · 51×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 17:5 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
  • Isa 48:21 — And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
  • Josh 2:10 — For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and O
  • Josh 3:13 — And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall
  • Nah 1:4 — He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
  • Num 20:11 — And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
  • Prov 21:1 — The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
  • Ps 18:15 — Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
  • Ps 105:41 — He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
  • Ps 114:3 — The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.