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A Call to Fear God

Isaiah 8:13

In 11 translations

BSB
The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
KJV
Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
WEB
Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.
ASV
Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
LSV
YHWH of Hosts—Him you sanctify, || And He [is] your Fear, and He your Dread,
YLT
Jehovah of Hosts — Him ye do sanctify, And He [is] your Fear, and He your Dread,
DBY
Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
DRC
Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself: and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
GNV
Sanctifie the Lord of hostes, and let him be your feare, and let him be your dread,
JPS
The LORD of hosts, Him shall ye sanctify; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.
LXXE
Sanctify ye the Lord himself; and he shall be thy fear.Or, let him be.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֹת֣וֹ תַקְדִּ֑ישׁוּ וְה֥וּא מוֹרַאֲכֶ֖ם וְה֥וּא מַֽעֲרִֽצְכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Κύριον αὐτὸν ἁγιάσατε, καὶ αὐτὸς ἔσται σου φόβος.

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  • Luke 12:5But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
  • Isaiah 26:3–4You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
  • Revelation 15:4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
  • Matthew 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Psalms 76:7You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
  • Malachi 2:5“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.
  • Numbers 20:12–13But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.” These were the waters of…
  • Genesis 31:53May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
  • Isaiah 29:23For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
  • Romans 4:20Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
  • Numbers 27:14for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the…
  • Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.

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