Psalms 124:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 124:4

2 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
When men rose up against us,

3 Then they would have ^aswallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us;

4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have¹ gone over our soul;

5 Then the swollen waters
Would have¹ gone over our soul.”

6 Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

7 ^aOur soul has escaped ^bas a bird from the snare of the¹ fowlers;
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Verse Comparison: Psalms 124:4

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

Amplified® Bible
Then the waters would have overwhelmed us {and} swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;

Contemporary English Version
We would have been swept away in a violent flood

Darby English Version
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;

Good News Bible
then the flood would have carried us away, the water would have covered us,

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

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

New International Version
the flood would have engulfed us,
the torrent would have swept over us,

New King James Version
Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have gone over our soul;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the waters would have engulfed us, The stream would have swept over our soul;

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

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

New English Translation
The water would have overpowered us; the current¹ would have overwhelmed² us.³