Psalm 97:5
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New International Version (©2011)
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD-- at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Mountains melt like wax in the LORD's presence— In the presence of the LORD of all the earth.

NET Bible (©2006)
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of the whole earth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And the mountains melted like wax before Lord Jehovah, the Lord of all the Earth!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The mountains melt like wax in the presence of the LORD, in the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

American King James Version
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

American Standard Version
The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

Darby Bible Translation
The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

English Revised Version
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth;

Webster's Bible Translation
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

World English Bible
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Young's Literal Translation
Hills, like wax, melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

97:1-7 Though many have been made happy in Christ, still there is room. And all have reason to rejoice in Christ's government. There is a depth in his counsels, which we must not pretend to fathom; but still righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. Christ's government, though it might be matter of joy to all, will yet be matter of terror to some; but it is their own fault that it is so. The most resolute and daring opposition will be baffled at the presence of the Lord. And the Lord Jesus will ere long come, and put an end to idol worship of every kind.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 5. - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord (comp. Judges 5:5; Isaiah 64:1; Micah 1:4). The earth itself is regarded as not only shaken (ver. 4), but as melting and crumbling away at the descent of God from heaven to earth (comp. 2 Peter 3:10). At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth (comp. Joshua 3:11, 13; Micah 4:13; Zechariah 4:14; Zechariah 6:5).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord,.... Kimchi interprets the "hills" of the kings of the wicked; and it was verified in Herod and his nobles, and the citizens of Jerusalem, who, when they heard of the coming of the Messiah, of the birth of the King of the Jews, were exceedingly moved and troubled; their hearts melted like wax within them, Matthew 2:1, so when he appeared, in the power of his Gospel, in the Gentile world, and went forth in the ministration of it, conquering, and to conquer, all fled before him; every mountain and island were moved out of their places; and the kings of the earth, and great men, ran to the rocks to hide them from his face, which they could not bear, Revelation 6:14, and the like events, and more terrible, will they be, when he comes to destroy antichrist, and especially to judge the world, Revelation 16:19.

at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth; as Christ is; he is Lord of all, the Prince of the kings of the earth, Acts 10:36, Revelation 1:5, and as he will show himself to be at the great day; and that is the reason why the proud and lofty, comparable to hills and mountains, shall melt at his presence.

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Let the Multitude of Islands Be Glad!
…4His lightning enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. 5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. …

Joshua 3:11 See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you.
Psalm 46:6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
Psalm 68:2 May you blow them away like smoke-- as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
Psalm 104:32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
Amos 9:5 The Lord, the LORD Almighty-- he touches the earth and it melts, and all who live in it mourn; the whole land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt;
Micah 1:4 The mountains melt beneath him and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
Nahum 1:5 The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.