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The Mighty One Calls

Psalms 50:4

In 11 translations

BSB
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
KJV
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
WEB
He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:
ASV
He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people:
LSV
He calls to the heavens from above, || And to the earth, to judge His people.
YLT
He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.
DBY
He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
DRC49:4
He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
GNV
Hee shall call the heauen aboue, and the earth to iudge his people.
JPS
He calleth to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people:
LXXE49:4
He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יִקְרָ֣א אֶל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם מֵעָ֑ל וְאֶל־הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ לָדִ֥ין עַמּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br49:4
Προσκαλέσεται τὸν οὐρανὸν ἄνω, καὶ τὴν γῆν διακρῖναι τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
  • Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
  • Deuteronomy 31:28Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
  • Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
  • Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
  • Micah 6:1–2Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case…
  • Isaiah 11:3–4And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear, but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the…
  • John 5:22–23Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
  • Psalms 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
  • Deuteronomy 4:36He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
  • Psalms 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
  • Psalms 96:13before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

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

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