| New Living Translation | NET Bible |
| 1When the Israelites escaped from Egypt— when the family of Jacob left that foreign land— | 1When Israel left Egypt, when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind, |
| 2the land of Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel became his kingdom. | 2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his kingdom. |
| 3The Red Sea saw them coming and hurried out of their way! The water of the Jordan River turned away. | 3The sea looked and fled; the Jordan River turned back. |
| 4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs! | 4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. |
| 5What’s wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way? What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away? | 5Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River? |
| 6Why, mountains, did you skip like rams? Why, hills, like lambs? | 6Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills? |
| 7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob. | 7Tremble, O earth, before the Lord--before the God of Jacob, |
| 8He turned the rock into a pool of water; yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock. | 8who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water! |
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