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It Is Good to Sing Praises

Psalms 147:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
KJV
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.his…: Heb. of his understanding there is no number
WEB
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
ASV
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
LSV
Our Lord [is] great, and abundant in power, || There is no narration of His understanding.
YLT
Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.
DBY
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
DRC146:5
Great is our Lord, and great is his power: and of his wisdom there is no number.
GNV
Great is our Lord, and great is his power: his wisdome is infinite.
JPS
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
LXXE146:5
Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite.

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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
גָּד֣וֹל אֲדוֹנֵ֣ינוּ וְרַב־כֹּ֑חַ לִ֝תְבוּנָת֗וֹ אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃
LXX-Br146:5
Μέγας ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν, καὶ μεγάλη ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς συνέσεως αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 40:28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
  • Psalms 139:17–18How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum! If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
  • Psalms 96:4For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
  • Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
  • Psalms 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
  • Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
  • 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.
  • Jeremiah 10:6There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
  • 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…
  • 1 Chronicles 16:25For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
  • Psalms 99:2Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.
  • Psalms 145:3Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
  • 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!
  • Psalms 135:5For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.

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