Psalms 97:5

In 11 translations

BSB

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

KJV

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

WEB

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

ASV

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

LSV

Hills, like wax, melted before YHWH, || Before the Lord of all the earth.

YLT

Hills, like wax, melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth.

DBY

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

DRC96:5

The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

GNV

The mountaines melted like waxe at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

JPS

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

LXXE96:5

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

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Original-language editions

WLC

הָרִ֗ים כַּדּוֹנַ֗ג נָ֭מַסּוּ מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה מִ֝לִּפְנֵ֗י אֲד֣וֹן כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br96:5

τὰ ὄρη ὡσεὶ κηρὸς ἐτάκησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου, ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου πάσης τῆς γῆς.

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• Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
• Micah 1:3–4For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire,…
• Isaiah 24:19–20The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently. The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.
• Isaiah 64:1–2If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence, as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations…
• Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
• Psalms 47:2How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
• Psalms 46:6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
• Joshua 3:11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.
• Psalms 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
• Judges 5:4–5O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water. The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai,…
• Micah 4:13Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
• 1 Corinthians 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
• Zechariah 4:14So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”
• Isaiah 54:5For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
• Mark 11:3If anyone asks, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will return it shortly.’”

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