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Let the Earth Rejoice

Psalms 97:9

In 11 translations

BSB
For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
KJV
For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
WEB
For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.
ASV
For thou, Jehovah, art most high above all the earth: Thou art exalted far above all gods.
LSV
For You, YHWH, [are] Most High over all the earth, || You have been exalted greatly over all gods.
YLT
For Thou, Jehovah, [art] Most High over all the earth, Greatly Thou hast been exalted over all gods.
DBY
For thou, Jehovah, art the Most High above all the earth; thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.Elohim
DRC96:9
For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.
GNV
For thou, Lord, art most High aboue all the earth: thou art much exalted aboue all gods.
JPS
For Thou, LORD, art most high above all the earth; Thou art exalted far above all gods.
LXXE96:9
For thou art Lord most high over all the earth; thou art greatly exalted above all gods.

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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

WLC
כִּֽי־אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה עֶלְי֥וֹן עַל־כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ מְאֹ֥ד נַ֝עֲלֵ֗יתָ עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃
LXX-Br96:9
Ὅτι σὺ εἶ Κύριος ὁ ὕψιστος ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, σφόδρα ὑπερυψώθης ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς θεούς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 95:3For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.
  • Psalms 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
  • Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
  • Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
  • 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…
  • Ephesians 1:21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
  • Psalms 96:4For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
  • Psalms 135:5For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.
  • Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
  • Psalms 115:3–8Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases. Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; they have…

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