King James Version

Psalms 93:3

The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

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נָשְׂא֤וּnasevlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “lift up”, a completed actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…נְהָר֨וֹתneharotfloodנָהָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.יְֽהוָ֗הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).נָשְׂא֣וּnasevlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “lift up”, a completed actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…נְהָר֣וֹתneharotfloodנָהָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.קוֹלָ֑םqolamsoundקוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.יִשְׂא֖וּyisvlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…נְהָר֣וֹתneharotfloodנָהָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.דָּכְיָֽםdakheyamwaveדֳּכִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “wave”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1796a dashing of surfwave.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.

Young’s Literal Translation

Floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, Floods have lifted up their voice, Floods lift up their breakers.

World English Bible

The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.

Darby Translation

The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.

Douay-Rheims

How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The rivers have lifted up, O Lord, the rivers have lifted up their voices,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπῇραν οἱ ποταμοὶ Κύριε, ἐπῇραν οἱ ποταμοὶ φωνὰς αὐτῶν,