Psalm 46:2
New International Version
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

New Living Translation
So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea.

English Standard Version
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,

King James Bible
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

New King James Version
Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

New American Standard Bible
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth shakes And the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;

NASB 1995
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;

NASB 1977
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains shake into the heart of the sea;

Amplified Bible
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains be shaken and slip into the heart of the seas,

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore we will not be afraid, though the earth trembles and the mountains topple into the depths of the seas,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore we will not be afraid, though the earth trembles and the mountains topple into the depths of the seas,

American Standard Version
Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Therefore we will not fear when the Earth quakes and the mountains quake in the heart of the seas.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Therefore will we not fear when the earth is troubled, and the mountains are removed into the depths of the seas.

Contemporary English Version
And so, we won't be afraid! Let the earth tremble and the mountains tumble into the deepest sea.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore we will not fear, when the earth shall be troubled; and the mountains shall be removed into the heart of the sea.

English Revised Version
Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, and though the mountains be moved in the heart of the seas;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That is why we are not afraid even when the earth quakes or the mountains topple into the depths of the sea.

Good News Translation
So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and mountains fall into the ocean depths;

International Standard Version
Therefore we will not be frightened when the earth roars, when the mountains shake in the depths of the seas,

JPS Tanakh 1917
Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be moved into the heart of the seas;

Literal Standard Version
Therefore we do not fear in the changing of earth, | And in the slipping of mountains | Into the heart of the seas.

Majority Standard Bible
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,

New American Bible
Thus we do not fear, though earth be shaken and mountains quake to the depths of the sea,

NET Bible
For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;

New Heart English Bible
Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore will we not fear, though the earth shall be removed, and though the mountains shall be carried into the midst of the sea;

World English Bible
Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.

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Context
God is Our Refuge and Strength
1For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. 2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas, 3though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah…

Cross References
Job 11:15
then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.

Psalm 18:7
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation--whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life--whom shall I dread?

Psalm 82:5
They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Isaiah 24:18
Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.


Treasury of Scripture

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the middle of the sea;

will

Psalm 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Psalm 27:3
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

Matthew 8:24-26
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep…

though

Genesis 7:11,12
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened…

Luke 21:9-11,25-28,33
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by…

2 Peter 3:10-14
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up…

mountains

Matthew 21:21
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

midst of the sea [heb.

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Psalm 46
1. The confidence which the church has in God
8. An exhortation to behold it














(2) Though the earth be removed.--Literally, at the changing of the earth. Possibly with the same figure implied, which is expressed, Psalm 102:26, of the worn-out or soiled vesture. The psalmist was thinking of the sudden convulsion of earthquake, and figures Israel fearless amid the tottering kingdoms and falling dynasties. Travellers all remark on the signs of tremendous volcanic agency in Palestine.

It is interesting to compare the heathen poet's conception of the fearlessness supplied by virtue (Hor. Ode 3:3).

Verse 2. - Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed; or, though the earth change - a somewhat vague expression, probably to be understood of political changes and revolutions (see ver. 6). And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; rather, and though the mountains be hurled into the heart of the seas. A metaphor for still more strange and violent disturbances and commotions. The revolutions and disturbances intended are probably those caused by the Assyrian career of conquest briefly described in Isaiah 10:5-14; Isaiah 37:18-27, and fully set forth in the annals of the Assyrian kings (see G. Smith's 'Eponym Canon,' pp. 106-149; and the author's 'Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 2. pp. 83-210).

Parallel Commentaries ...


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

we will not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

fear,
נִ֭ירָא (nî·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

though the earth
אָ֑רֶץ (’ā·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

is transformed
בְּהָמִ֣יר (bə·hā·mîr)
Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4171: To alter, to barter, to dispose of

and the mountains
הָ֝רִ֗ים (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

are toppled
וּבְמ֥וֹט (ū·ḇə·mō·wṭ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4131: To waver, to slip, shake, fall

into the depths
בְּלֵ֣ב (bə·lêḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

of the seas,
יַמִּֽים׃ (yam·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin


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