Psalm 66:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² thou didst let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet thou hast brought us forth to a spacious place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water: But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² You caused men to ride over our heads [when we were prostrate]; we went through fire and through water, but You brought us out into a broad, moist place [to abundance and refreshment and the open air].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Thou didst cause men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

Common English Bible

¹² let other people run right over our heads— we’ve been through fire and water. But you brought us out to freedom!

Psalm 66:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:17

And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they halted at the last house.

Job 36:16

He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.

Job 5:19

He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you.

Psalm 33:19

that he may deliver their soul from death, and keep them alive in famine.

Isaiah 51:23

and I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, who have said to you, ‘Bow down, that we may pass over’; and you have made your back like the ground and like the street for them to pass over.”

Daniel 3:26

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

Acts 14:22

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

James 5:11

Behold, we call those happy who were steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.