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Majestic Is His Work

Psalms 111:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
KJV
The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
WEB
Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.
ASV
The works of Jehovah are great, Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
LSV
Great [are] the works of YHWH, || Sought out by all desiring them.
YLT
Great [are] the works of Jehovah, Sought out by all desiring them.
DBY
Great are the works of Jehovah; sought out of all that delight in them.
DRC110:2
Great are the works of the Lord: sought out according to all his wills.
GNV
The workes of the Lord are great, and ought to be sought out of al them that loue them.
JPS
The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have delight therein.
LXXE110:2
The works of the Lord are great, sought out according to all his will.Comp. Gr. with Heb.

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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
גְּ֭דֹלִים מַעֲשֵׂ֣י יְהוָ֑ה דְּ֝רוּשִׁ֗ים לְכָל־חֶפְצֵיהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br110:2
Μεγάλα τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου, ἐξεζητημένα εἰς πάντα τὰ θελήματα αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
  • Proverbs 24:14Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
  • Psalms 139:14I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
  • Psalms 143:5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
  • Ephesians 1:19and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
  • Revelation 15:3and 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!
  • Jeremiah 32:17–19“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You! You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps…
  • Ephesians 2:7–10in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from…
  • Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
  • Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
  • Daniel 4:3How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.
  • Psalms 77:11–12I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old. I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds.
  • Job 5:9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
  • Job 37:7He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
  • 1 Peter 1:10–12Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He…
  • Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

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