Psalms 47:2

In 11 translations

BSB

How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!

KJV

For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

WEB

For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.

ASV

For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.

LSV

For YHWH Most High [is] fearful, || A great King over all the earth.

YLT

For Jehovah Most High [is] fearful, A great king over all the earth.

DBY

For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.

DRC46:3

For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.

GNV

For the Lord is high, and terrible: a great King ouer all the earth.

JPS47:3

For the LORD is most high, awful; a great King over all the earth.

LXXE46:3

For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the earth.

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WLC47:3

כִּֽי־יְהוָ֣ה עֶלְי֣וֹן נוֹרָ֑א מֶ֥לֶךְ גָּ֝דוֹל עַל־כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃KJV:Ps.47.2

LXX-Br46:3

Ὅτι Κύριος ὕψιστος, φοβερὸς, βασιλεὺς μέγας ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν.

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• Psalms 95:3For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.
• Psalms 99:3Let them praise Your great and awesome name— He is holy!
• Malachi 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among…
• Psalms 68:35O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!
• Deuteronomy 7:21Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
• Psalms 66:3–5Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You. All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah Come and see the works…
• Nehemiah 1:5Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
• Psalms 65:5With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
• Psalms 47:7For God is King of all the earth; sing profound praises to Him.
• Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
• Philippians 2:9–11Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus…
• Psalms 22:27–29All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him. For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations. All the rich of the earth will…
• Revelation 6:16–17And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to…
• Psalms 145:6They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.
• Psalms 76:12He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
• Nahum 1:6–7Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him. The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who…

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