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Ascribe Glory to the LORD

Psalms 29:3

In 11 translations

BSB
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
KJV
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.many: or, great
WEB
Yahweh’s voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.
ASV
The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters.
LSV
The voice of YHWH [is] on the waters, || The God of glory has thundered, || YHWH [is] on many waters.
YLT
The voice of Jehovah [is] on the waters, The God of glory hath thundered, Jehovah [is] on many waters.
DBY
The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth, — Jehovah upon great waters.El
DRC28:3
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters.
GNV
The voyce of the Lord is vpon the waters: the God of glorie maketh it to thunder: the Lord is vpon the great waters.
JPS
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thundereth, even the LORD upon many waters.
LXXE28:3
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon many waters.

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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
ק֥וֹל יְהוָ֗ה עַל־הַ֫מָּ֥יִם אֵֽל־הַכָּב֥וֹד הִרְעִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה עַל־מַ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃
LXX-Br28:3
Φωνὴ Κυρίου ἐπὶ τῶν ὑδάτων, ὁ Θεὸς τῆς δόξης ἐβρόντησε, Κύριος ἐπὶ ὑδάτων πολλῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 37:2–5Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth. Then there comes a roaring sound; He…
  • Psalms 93:3–4The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves. Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.
  • Exodus 9:33Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
  • Psalms 77:16–19The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken. The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. Your thunder resounded in the…
  • Psalms 18:13–15The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire. He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. The channels of the sea appeared, and…
  • Matthew 8:26–27“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and…
  • Exodus 9:28Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
  • Exodus 19:16On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
  • 1 Samuel 7:10As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before…
  • John 12:29The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
  • Revelation 16:18And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.
  • Psalms 104:3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
  • Revelation 4:5From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.
  • Revelation 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
  • Revelation 8:5Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
  • Revelation 19:6And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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