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Ascribe Glory to the LORD

Psalms 29:5

In 11 translations

BSB
The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
KJV
The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
WEB
Yahweh’s voice breaks the cedars. Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
ASV
The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
LSV
The voice of YHWH [is] shattering cedars, || Indeed, YHWH shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
YLT
The voice of Jehovah [is] shivering cedars, Yea, Jehovah shivers the cedars of Lebanon.
DBY
The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon:
DRC28:5
The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars: yea, the Lord shall break the cedars of Libanus.
GNV
The voyce of the Lord breaketh the cedars: yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
JPS
The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
LXXE28:5
There is the voice of the Lord who breaks the cedars; the Lord will break the cedars of Libanus.

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Original-language editions

WLC
ק֣וֹל יְ֭הוָה שֹׁבֵ֣ר אֲרָזִ֑ים וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥ר יְ֝הוָ֗ה אֶת־אַרְזֵ֥י הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃
LXX-Br28:5
Φωνὴ Κυρίου συντρίβοντος κέδρους, συντρίψει Κύριος τὰς κέδρους τοῦ Λιβάνου,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 2:13against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,
  • Judges 9:15But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
  • Psalms 104:16The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,

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  • 28:5 in some Bibles
  • 29:5 in most Bibles

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