1 Chronicles 16:25
New International Version
For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.

New Living Translation
Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.

English Standard Version
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be feared above all gods.

Berean Standard Bible
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

King James Bible
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

New King James Version
For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; He is also to be feared above all gods.

New American Standard Bible
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods.

NASB 1995
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods.

NASB 1977
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods.

Legacy Standard Bible
For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised; And He is more fearsome than all gods.

Amplified Bible
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is also to be feared [with awe-filled reverence] above all gods.

Christian Standard Bible
For the LORD is great and highly praised; he is feared above all gods.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the LORD is great and highly praised; He is feared above all gods.

American Standard Version
For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because LORD JEHOVAH is great and greatly praised, and he is revered above all Kings.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD is great and deserves our greatest praise! He is the only God worthy of our worship.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the Lord is great and exceedingly to be praised: and he is to be feared above all gods.

English Revised Version
For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The LORD is great! He should be highly praised. He should be feared more than all [other] gods

Good News Translation
The LORD is great and is to be highly praised; he is to be honored more than all the gods.

International Standard Version
because the LORD is great, and he is praised greatly! He is feared above every god.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods.

Literal Standard Version
For great [is] YHWH, and greatly praised, | And He [is] fearful above all gods.

Majority Standard Bible
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

New American Bible
For great is the LORD and highly to be praised; to be feared above all gods.

NET Bible
For the LORD is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods.

New Revised Standard Version
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be revered above all gods.

New Heart English Bible
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.

Webster's Bible Translation
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

World English Bible
For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.

Young's Literal Translation
For great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, And fearful He is above all gods.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
David's Psalm of Thanksgiving
24Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples. 25For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. 26For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:24
Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.

2 Chronicles 2:5
The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

Psalm 48:1
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Psalm 76:7
You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?

Psalm 89:7
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

Psalm 144:3
O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?


Treasury of Scripture

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

great

Psalm 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

Psalm 114:3-6
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back…

Isaiah 40:12-17
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? …

he also

Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Psalm 66:3-5
Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee…

Psalm 76:7
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּי֩ (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

great
גָד֨וֹל (ḡā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

is the LORD,
יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and greatly
מְאֹ֔ד (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

to be praised;
וּמְהֻלָּל֙ (ū·mə·hul·lāl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1984: To shine

He is to be feared
ה֖וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

above
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

gods.
אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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