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King James Version

Psalms 48:5

They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehovah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Korah, Korahites;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Korah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Marvel;   Psalms, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 12;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They looked and froze with fear;they fled in terror.
Hebrew Names Version
They saw it, then were they amazed. They were dismayed, They hurried away.
English Standard Version
As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic; they took to flight.
New Century Version
But when they saw it, they were amazed. They ran away in fear.
New English Translation
As soon as they see, they are shocked; they are terrified, they quickly retreat.
Amplified Bible
They saw it, then they were amazed; They were stricken with terror, they fled in alarm.
New American Standard Bible
They saw it, then they were amazed; They were terrified, they fled in a hurry.
World English Bible
They saw it, then were they amazed. They were dismayed, They hurried away.
Geneva Bible (1587)
When they sawe it, they marueiled: they were astonied, and suddenly driuen backe.
Legacy Standard Bible
They saw it, then they were astonished;They were dismayed, they fled in alarm.
Berean Standard Bible
They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
Contemporary English Version
but when they saw it, they were terrified and ran away.
Complete Jewish Bible
For the kings met by agreement; together they advanced.
Darby Translation
They saw,—so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation:
Easy-to-Read Version
but when they saw it, they were amazed. They all panicked and ran away.
George Lamsa Translation
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were frustrated and hastened away.
Good News Translation
But when they saw it, they were amazed; they were afraid and ran away.
Lexham English Bible
They themselves saw it, so they were astonished. They were terrified; they ran off.
Literal Translation
they saw, so they marveled; they were troubled and fled away.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They marveled, to se soch thinges: they were astonied, & sodely cast downe.
American Standard Version
They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.
Bible in Basic English
They saw it, and so were full of wonder; they were troubled, and went quickly away in fear.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, they came onward together.
King James Version (1611)
They sawe it, and so they marueiled, they were troubled and hasted away.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
they them selues sawe it, lykewyse they marueyled, they were astonyed with feare, and sodenly in haste they were gone away.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They saw, and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were moved.
English Revised Version
They saw it, then were they amazed; they were dismayed, they hasted away.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei seynge so wondriden; thei weren disturblid, thei weren mouyd togidere, tremblyng took hem.
Update Bible Version
They saw it, then they were amazed; They were dismayed, they hurried away.
Webster's Bible Translation
They saw [it], [and] so they wondered; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.
New King James Version
They saw it, and so they marveled; They were troubled, they hastened away.
New Living Translation
But when they saw it, they were stunned; they were terrified and ran away.
New Life Bible
They saw it, then they were surprised and afraid. And they ran away fast in fear.
New Revised Standard
As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic, they took to flight;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They themselves, saw, So, were they amazed, Dismayed - they hurried way!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(47-6) So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved:
Revised Standard Version
As soon as they saw it, they were astounded, they were in panic, they took to flight;
Young's Literal Translation
They have seen -- so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They saw it, then they were amazed; They were terrified, they fled in alarm.

Contextual Overview

1 Great is the Lord , and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

were: Exodus 14:25, 2 Kings 7:6, 2 Kings 7:7, 2 Kings 19:35-37

Reciprocal: Exodus 14:24 - and troubled Joshua 2:24 - all the inhabitants Joshua 8:20 - and they had Judges 5:31 - So let 1 Samuel 28:5 - he was afraid 2 Samuel 10:19 - feared 2 Kings 6:11 - Therefore 2 Chronicles 14:14 - the fear Psalms 65:8 - afraid Isaiah 13:8 - pangs

Cross-References

Genesis 46:20
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
Genesis 48:1
And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:2
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
Genesis 48:6
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
Genesis 48:7
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
Genesis 48:10
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
Leviticus 20:26
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Numbers 1:10
Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Joshua 13:7
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Joshua 14:4
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They saw [it],.... Either the city or the power of God, as Aben Ezra; or, as Jarchi, God himself going forth to fight against the nations. This refers to the power Christ will take to himself, and show forth, by reigning in his church, and protecting it, which will not only be visible to the saints, but to the nations of the world; and to the brightness of Christ's coming in his spiritual reign, with the lustre of which antichrist will be destroyed, Revelation 11:17; and to the glorious state of the church, signified by the rising of the witnesses, and their standing on their feet, and ascending to heaven, which will be seen by their enemies, Revelation 11:11; and to the destruction of Rome, the smoke of whose burning, the kings of the earth, that have committed fornication with her, will see and lament,

Revelation 18:8;

[and] so their marvelled: at the glory of the church, the security of it, the power of Christ in it and over it, and at the destruction of mystical Babylon; see Isaiah 52:14;

they were troubled: as Herod and all Jerusalem were, upon hearing of the birth of Christ, Matthew 2:3; so these kings will be, upon seeing the coming and power of Christ in the latter day, the invincibleness of his church, and their own immediate and utter ruin: this will be the time or the howling of the shepherds, both civil and ecclesiastical, when all hands will be faint, and every man's heart will melt, Zechariah 11:2;

[and] hasted away: fled for fear of the great King at the head of his armies, in the defence of his church and people: and as the kings of the earth also at the destruction of Rome will flee and stand afar off, for fear of her torment, Revelation 18:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They saw it - That is, they looked on it; they contemplated it; they were struck with its beauty and strength, and fled.

And so they marveled - It surpassed their expectations of its strength, and they saw with wonder that any attempt to conquer it was hopeless.

They were troubled - They were filled with anxiety and confusion. They even began to have apprehensions about their own safety. They saw that their preparations had been made in vain, and that all hopes of success must be abandoned.

And hasted away - They fled in confusion. The idea in the whole verse is that of a “panic,” leading to a disorderly flight. This “may” have occurred in the time of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 20:0, when the kings of Moab, Edom, and others, came up to attack Jerusalem, though the immediate cause of their overthrow was a conflict among themselves 2 Chronicles 20:22-25. It may have been, however, that they approached the city, and were dismayed by its strength, so that they turned away before the internal conflict occurred which ended in their ruin. But it is not “necessary” to adjust these accounts one to another, or even to suppose that this was the event referred to in the psalm, though the general ideas in it accord well with all which occurred on that occasion.


 
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