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Sing to the LORD, All the Earth

1 Chronicles 16:25

In 11 translations

BSB
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
KJV
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
WEB
For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.
ASV
For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.
LSV
For great [is] YHWH, and greatly praised, || And He [is] fearful above all gods.
YLT
For great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, And fearful He [is] above all gods.
DBY
For Jehovah is great, and exceedingly to be praised; And he is terrible above all gods.Elohim
DRC
For the Lord is great and exceedingly to be praised: and he is to be feared above all gods.
GNV
For the Lord is great and much to be praised, and hee is to bee feared aboue all gods.
JPS
For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods.
LXXE
For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּי֩ גָד֨וֹל יְהוָ֤ה וּמְהֻלָּל֙ מְאֹ֔ד וְנוֹרָ֥א ה֖וּא עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Ὅτι μέγας Κύριος καὶ αἰνετὸς σφόδρα, φοβερός ἐστιν ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς θεούς.

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  • Psalms 66:3–5Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You. All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah Come and see the works…
  • Revelation 15:3–4and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations! Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify…
  • Jeremiah 10:6–10There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power. Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there…
  • Psalms 89:7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
  • Psalms 76:7You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
  • Psalms 144:3–6O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him? Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may…
  • Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
  • Isaiah 40:12–17Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a…
  • Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but…

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