Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. New Living Translation The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. English Standard Version The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. Berean Standard Bible The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. King James Bible The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. New King James Version The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. New American Standard Bible The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. NASB 1995 The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. NASB 1977 The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Legacy Standard Bible The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Amplified Bible The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Christian Standard Bible The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD — at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Holman Christian Standard Bible The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD— at the presence of the Lord of all the earth. American Standard Version The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the mountains melted like wax before LORD JEHOVAH, the Lord of all the Earth! Brenton Septuagint Translation The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Contemporary English Version Mountains melt away like wax in the presence of the LORD of all the 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. English Revised Version The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth; GOD'S WORD® Translation The mountains melt like wax in the presence of the LORD, in the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Good News Translation The hills melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. International Standard Version Mountains melt like wax in the LORD's presence— In the presence of the LORD of all the earth. JPS Tanakh 1917 The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Literal Standard Version Hills, like wax, melted before YHWH, | Before the Lord of all the earth. Majority Standard Bible The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. New American Bible The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. NET Bible The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of the whole earth. New Revised Standard Version The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. New Heart English Bible The mountains melt 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Let the Earth Rejoice…4His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles. 5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. 6The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.… Cross References Joshua 3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan. Psalm 46:6 Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice. Psalm 68:2 As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God. Psalm 104:32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder. Amos 9:5 The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn--all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt-- Micah 1:4 The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will 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 its dwellers. Treasury of Scripture The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. hills Judges 5:4,5 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water… Isaiah 24:19,20 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly… Isaiah 64:1,2 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, … the Lord of Psalm 47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. Psalm 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. Jump to Previous Earth Hills Melt Melted Mountains Presence Wax WholeJump to Next Earth Hills Melt Melted Mountains Presence Wax WholePsalm 97 1. The majesty of God's kingdom7. The church rejoices at God's judgments upon idolaters 10. An exhortation to godliness and gladness (5) The hills melted.--Comp. Psalm 68:8, Note: Micah 1:4. The Lord of the whole earth.--An expression first met with exactly in Joshua 3:11-13, though Abraham speaks of God as judge of the whole earth (Genesis 18:25). (Comp. Micah 4:13; Zechariah 4:10; Zechariah 6:5.) Though Jehovah was the tribal God, yet in marked distinction to surrounding tribes Israel regarded Him as having universal dominion. . . . 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).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The mountainsהָרִ֗ים (hā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country melt נָ֭מַסּוּ (nā·mas·sū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 4549: To liquefy, to waste, to faint like wax כַּדּוֹנַ֗ג (kad·dō·w·naḡ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1749: Wax (as melting) at the presence מִלִּפְנֵ֣י (mil·lip̄·nê) Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face of the LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel before מִ֝לִּפְנֵ֗י (mil·lip̄·nê) Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the Lord אֲד֣וֹן (’ă·ḏō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller of all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the earth. הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Psalm 97:5 NIVPsalm 97:5 NLT Psalm 97:5 ESV Psalm 97:5 NASB Psalm 97:5 KJV Psalm 97:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 97:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 97:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 97:5 French Bible Psalm 97:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 97:5 The mountains melt like wax at (Psalm Ps Psa.) |