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Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty

Job 37:22

In 11 translations

BSB
Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
KJV
Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.Fair…: Heb. Gold
WEB
Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.
ASV
Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty.
LSV
It comes from the golden north, || Fearful splendor [is] beside God.
YLT
From the golden north it cometh, Beside God [is] fearful honour.
DBY
From the north cometh gold; with God is terrible majesty.Eloah
DRC
Cold cometh out of the north, and to God praise with fear.
GNV
The brightnesse commeth out of the North: the praise thereof is to God, which is terrible.
JPS
Out of the north cometh golden splendour, about God is terrible majesty.
LXXE
From the north come the clouds shining like gold: in these great are the glory and honour of the Almighty;

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Original-language editions

WLC
מִ֭צָּפוֹן זָהָ֣ב יֶֽאֱתֶ֑ה עַל־אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ נ֣וֹרָא הֽוֹד׃
LXX-Br
Ἀπὸ Βοῤῥᾶ νέφη χρυσαυγοῦντα, ἐπὶ τούτοις μεγάλη ἡ δόξα καὶ τιμὴ παντοκράτορος,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 104:1Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
  • Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
  • Jude 1:25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
  • 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
  • Proverbs 25:23As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
  • Job 40:10Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
  • Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on…
  • Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
  • Habakkuk 3:3–19God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth. His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.…
  • Isaiah 2:19Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
  • Psalms 66:5Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
  • Micah 5:4He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
  • Psalms 29:4The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.
  • Psalms 76:12He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
  • Psalms 145:5the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
  • Psalms 68:7–8O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

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