Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For the LORD Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth. New Living Translation For the LORD Most High is awesome. He is the great King of all the earth. English Standard Version For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth. Berean Study Bible How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth! King James Bible For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. New King James Version For the LORD Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth. New American Standard Bible For the LORD Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth. NASB 1995 For the LORD Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth. NASB 1977 For the LORD Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth. Amplified Bible For the LORD Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience]; He is a great King over all the earth. Christian Standard Bible For the LORD, the Most High, is awe-inspiring, a great King over the whole earth. Holman Christian Standard Bible For Yahweh, the Most High, is awe-inspiring, a great King over all the earth. American Standard Version For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because LORD JEHOVAH is exalted and awesome; he is The Great King over all the Earth. Brenton Septuagint Translation For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the earth. Contemporary English Version The LORD Most High is fearsome, the ruler of all the earth. Douay-Rheims Bible For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth. English Revised Version For the LORD Most High is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. Good News Translation The LORD, the Most High, is to be feared; he is a great king, ruling over all the world. GOD'S WORD® Translation We must fear the LORD, the Most High. He is the great king of the whole earth. International Standard Version For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth. JPS Tanakh 1917 For the LORD is most high, awful; A great King over all the earth. Literal Standard Version For YHWH Most High [is] fearful, "" A great King over all the earth. NET Bible For the sovereign LORD is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth! New Heart English Bible For the LORD Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth. World English Bible For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth. Young's Literal Translation For Jehovah Most High is fearful, A great king over all the earth. Additional Translations ... Context Clap Your Hands, All You Peoples1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph. 2How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth! 3He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.… Cross References Deuteronomy 7:21 Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. Nehemiah 1:5 Then I said: "O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments, Psalm 66:3 Say to God, "How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You. Psalm 66:5 Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind. Psalm 68:35 O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God! Psalm 76:12 He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth. Psalm 89:7 In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him. Psalm 103:19 The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all. Malachi 1:14 "But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King," says the LORD of Hosts, "and My name is to be feared among the nations. Treasury of Scripture For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. is terrible Psalm 65:5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: 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 68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. a great Psalm 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. Psalm 22:27-29 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee… Psalm 95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
(2) Most high.--Or, possibly, a predicate, is exalted. Terrible.--Literally, feared. (Comp. 2Chronicles 20:29). Verse 2. - For the Lord Most High is terrible (comp. Deuteronomy 7:21; and see also Psalm 65:5; Psalm 68:35; Psalm 76:7-9). God is "terrible" - i.e. awful to contemplate-on account of his vast power and his absolute holiness. He is a great King over all the earth. Not only over Israel, or over the nations which David has conquered, but ever every nation on the face of the earth (comp. Psalm 95:3, 4; Psalm 96:10; Psalm 97:1, etc.).Parallel Commentaries ... Lexicon Howכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction awesome [is] נוֹרָ֑א (nō·w·rā) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the Most High, עֶלְי֣וֹן (‘el·yō·wn) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme the great גָּ֝דוֹל (gā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent King מֶ֥לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the earth! הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land Jump to Previous Awesome Awful Earth Feared Fearful Great High TerribleJump to Next Awesome Awful Earth Feared Fearful Great High TerribleLinks Psalm 47:2 NIVPsalm 47:2 NLT Psalm 47:2 ESV Psalm 47:2 NASB Psalm 47:2 KJV Psalm 47:2 BibleApps.com Psalm 47:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 47:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 47:2 French Bible Psalm 47:2 Clyx Quotations OT Poetry: Psalm 47:2 For Yahweh Most High is awesome (Psalm Ps Psa.) |