Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen. New Living Translation Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty waters— a pathway no one knew was there! English Standard Version Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen. Berean Standard Bible Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found. King James Bible Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. New King James Version Your way was in the sea, Your path in the great waters, And Your footsteps were not known. New American Standard Bible Your way was in the sea And Your paths in the mighty waters, And Your footprints were not known. NASB 1995 Your way was in the sea And Your paths in the mighty waters, And Your footprints may not be known. NASB 1977 Thy way was in the sea, And Thy paths in the mighty waters, And Thy footprints may not be known. Legacy Standard Bible Your way was in the sea And Your paths in the mighty waters, But Your footprints were not known. Amplified Bible Your way [of escape for Your people] was through the sea, And Your paths through the great waters, And Your footprints were not traceable. Christian Standard Bible Your way went through the sea and your path through the vast water, but your footprints were unseen. Holman Christian Standard Bible Your way went through the sea and Your path through the great waters, but Your footprints were unseen. American Standard Version Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known. Contemporary English Version You walked through the water of the mighty sea, but your footprints were never seen. English Revised Version Thy way was in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters, and thy footsteps were not known. GOD'S WORD® Translation Your road went through the sea. Your path went through raging water, but your footprints could not be seen. Good News Translation You walked through the waves; you crossed the deep sea, but your footprints could not be seen. International Standard Version Your way was through the sea, and your path through mighty waters, but your footprints cannot be traced. Majority Standard Bible Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found. NET Bible You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints. New Heart English Bible Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known. Webster's Bible Translation Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. World English Bible Your way was through the sea, your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYour way [is] in the sea, "" And Your paths in many waters, "" And Your tracks have not been known. Young's Literal Translation In the sea is Thy way, And Thy paths are in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known. Smith's Literal Translation In the sea thy way, and thy paths in many waters, and thy heels were not known. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters: and thy footsteps shall not be known. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Through the sea was your way; your path, through the mighty waters, though your footsteps were unseen. New Revised Standard Version Your way was through the sea, your path, through the mighty waters; yet your footprints were unseen. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThy way is in the sea, and thy path is in the great waters, but thy footsteps are not seen. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Your path is in the sea and your steps in the many waters, neither are your footprints known. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thy way was in the sea, And Thy path in the great waters, And Thy footsteps were not known. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters, and thy footsteps cannot be known. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context In The Day of Trouble I Sought the LORD…18Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. 19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found. 20You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.… Cross References Exodus 14:21-22 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, / and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. Isaiah 43:16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters, Job 9:8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea. Isaiah 51:10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over? Habakkuk 3:15 You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters. Joshua 3:15-17 Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, / the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. / The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan. Matthew 14:25-26 During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. / When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear. Mark 6:48-50 He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them, / but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost— / for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.” John 6:19-21 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified. / But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.” / Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading. Isaiah 63:13 who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? Exodus 15:8 At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea. Psalm 78:13 He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall. Psalm 114:3 The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; 1 Corinthians 10:1-2 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. Hebrews 11:29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned. Treasury of Scripture Your way is in the sea, and your path in the great waters, and your footsteps are not known. way Psalm 29:10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever. Psalm 97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. Nehemiah 9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. footsteps Exodus 14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! Jump to Previous Footprints Footsteps Great Led Mighty Path Paths Road Sea Tracks Unseen Waters WayJump to Next Footprints Footsteps Great Led Mighty Path Paths Road Sea Tracks Unseen Waters WayPsalm 77 1. The psalmist shows what fierce combat he had with distrust10. The victory which he had by consideration of God's great and gracious works. Your path The phrase "Your path" in Psalm 77:19 refers to the way God leads His people. In Hebrew, the word for "path" is "derek," which signifies a road, journey, or way of life. This term is often used in the Old Testament to describe the moral and spiritual direction God provides. The path of God is not always visible or understandable to human eyes, yet it is divinely ordained and leads to His ultimate purposes. Historically, the Israelites experienced God's path through the wilderness, a journey that required faith and trust in His guidance. led through the sea Your way through the mighty waters but Your footprints were not to be found To some minds the abruptness of the conclusion of the psalm marks it as unfinished. But no better end could have been reached in the poet's perplexity than that to which he has been led by his musings on the past, the thought of the religious aids ready to his hand, in the faith and worship left by Moses and Aaron. We are reminded of him who recalled the thoughts of the young man, searching for a higher ideal of duty, back to the law and obedience. Or if the psalm is rather an expression of the feeling of the community than of an individual, there is a pointed significance in the conclusion given to all the national cries of doubt and despair--the one safe course was to remain loyal and true to the ancient institutions. Verse 19. - Thy way is in the sea; rather, was in the sea. Thou wentest, i.e., in person before thy people in their passage across the dry bed of the Red Sea; truly there, though invisible (comp. Exodus 15:13; Psalm 78:52, 53; Psalm 106:9; Isaiah 63:13). And thy path in the great waters; literally, thy paths. So the Revised Version. And thy footsteps are not known; rather, were not. No one perceived thy presence, much less discerned thy footsteps. As in external nature and in the human heart, God worked secretly.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Your pathדַּרְכֶּ֗ךָ (dar·ke·ḵā) Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action led through the sea, בַּיָּ֤ם (bay·yām) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin Your way וּֽ֭שְׁבִֽילְךָ (ū·šə·ḇî·lə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7635: A track, passage-way through the mighty רַבִּ֑ים (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great waters, בְּמַ֣יִם (bə·ma·yim) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen but Your footprints וְ֝עִקְּבוֹתֶ֗יךָ (wə·‘iq·qə·ḇō·w·ṯe·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6119: Heel, footprint, hind part were not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no to be found. נֹדָֽעוּ׃ (nō·ḏā·‘ū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3045: To know Links Psalm 77:19 NIVPsalm 77:19 NLT Psalm 77:19 ESV Psalm 77:19 NASB Psalm 77:19 KJV Psalm 77:19 BibleApps.com Psalm 77:19 Biblia Paralela Psalm 77:19 Chinese Bible Psalm 77:19 French Bible Psalm 77:19 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 77:19 Your way was through the sea (Psalm Ps Psa.) |