New International Version
They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.

New Living Translation
Their ships were tossed to the heavens and plunged again to the depths; the sailors cringed in terror.

English Standard Version
They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;

Berean Study Bible
They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

New American Standard Bible
They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery.

NASB 1995
They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery.

NASB 1977
They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery.

Amplified Bible
They went up toward the heavens [on the crest of the wave], they went down again to the depths [of the watery trough]; Their courage melted away in their misery.

Christian Standard Bible
Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths, their courage melting away in anguish,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths, their courage melting away in anguish,

Contemporary English Version
You were tossed to the sky and to the ocean depths, until things looked so bad that you lost your courage.

Good News Translation
The ships were lifted high in the air and plunged down into the depths. In such danger the sailors lost their courage;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The sailors aboard ship rose toward the sky. They plunged into the depths. Their courage melted in [the face of] disaster.

International Standard Version
The people ascended skyward and descended to the depths, their courage melting away in their peril.

NET Bible
They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great.