King James Version

Psalms 124:5

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

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אֲ֭זַיazaythenאֲזַיadverb — “then”H233at that timethen.עָבַ֣רavaralienateעָבַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “alienate”, a completed actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּnafshenvcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…הַ֝מַּ֗יִםhamayimthe waterמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).הַזֵּֽידוֹנִֽיםhazeydonimthe proudזֵידוֹןdefinite article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “the proud”, the ordinary formH2121boiling of water, i.e. waveproud.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Young’s Literal Translation

Then passed over our soul had the proud waters.

World English Bible

Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

Darby Translation

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Douay-Rheims

But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Yea, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἄρα διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἀνυπόστατον.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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