Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 114:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 114:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 114:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to many Christians, the book of Psalms was written by King David and others. This verse tells how God did a miracle to help His people by making the sea and the river move out of their way.

Psalms 114:3: The sea saw [it], and fled: Jordan was driven back.

Contradiction with Isaiah 43:2

This verse states that God will be with His people through the waters and not let them be overwhelmed, while Psalms 114:3 speaks of the sea fleeing, implying avoidance rather than passage through.

Isaiah 43:2: When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 5:22

This verse claims that God set boundaries for the sea so it cannot pass, contradicting the notion in Psalms 114:3 of the sea fleeing.

Jeremiah 5:22: Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand [for] the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
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