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God’s Righteous Judgment

Psalms 75:3

In 11 translations

BSB
When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
KJV
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
WEB
The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.
ASV
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. [Selah
LSV
The earth and all its inhabitants are melted, || I have pondered its pillars. Selah.
YLT
Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I — I have pondered its pillars. Selah.
DBY
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have established its pillars. Selah.
DRC74:4
The earth is melted, and all that dwell therein: I have established the pillars thereof.
GNV
The earth and all the inhabitantes thereof are dissolued: but I will establish the pillars of it. Selah.
JPS75:4
When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, I Myself establish the pillars of it.' Selah
LXXE74:4
The earth is dissolved, and all that dwell in it: I have strengthened its pillars. Pause.

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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

WLC75:4
נְֽמֹגִ֗ים אֶ֥רֶץ וְכָל־יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ אָנֹכִ֨י תִכַּ֖נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ סֶּֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.75.3
LXX-Br74:4
Ἐτάκη ἡ γῆ, καὶ πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες αὐτὴν, ἐγὼ ἐστερέωσα τοὺς στύλους αὐτῆς· διάψαλμα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the…
  • Isaiah 24:19The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
  • Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on…
  • Isaiah 49:8This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its…
  • Psalms 78:60–72He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men. He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary. He surrendered His people to the sword because He was…
  • 1 Samuel 18:7And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
  • Isaiah 24:1–12Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and…
  • Psalms 60:1–3You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us! You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking. You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered…
  • 2 Samuel 5:2Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
  • 1 Samuel 31:1–7Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa. The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan,…
  • 1 Samuel 25:28Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.

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

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  • 75:4 in some Bibles
  • 75:3 in most Bibles

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