Psalms 29:4

Psalms 29:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
• New International Version (NIV)The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The voice of the Lord is powerful; The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

Context of Psalms 29:4

2Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty and majesty of His holiness [as the creator and source of holiness]. 3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders; The Lord is over many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 5The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, And Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox.

Psalms 29:4 word by word

קוֹל־יְהוָ֥ה בַּכֹּ֑חַ ק֥וֹל יְ֝הוָ֗ה בֶּהָדָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• powerfulכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• full of majestyהָדָרhâdâr · gloryH1926

Cross-references for Psalms 29:4

• Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
• Job 26:11The pillars of the heavens tremble And are terrified at His rebuke.
• Jeremiah 51:15He made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom And stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
• Luke 4:36They were all astonished and in awe, and began saying to one another, “What is this message? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out!”
• Luke 8:25And He said to them, “Where is your faith [your confidence in Me]?” They were afraid and astonished, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the sea, and they obey Him?”
• Job 40:9Have you an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His?
• Isaiah 66:6The sound of an uproar from the city! A voice from the temple! The voice of the Lord, providing retribution to His enemies.
• Ezekiel 10:5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard [even] as far as the outer courtyard, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

Commentaries on Psalms 29:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Is powerful - There is no agent in universal nature so powerful as the electric fluid. It destroys life, tears castles and towers to pieces, rends the strongest oaks, and cleaves the most solid rocks: universal animate nature is awed and terrified by it. To several of these effects the psalmist here refers; and for the illustration of the whole I must refer to the above notes on Job. Full of majesty - No sound in nature is so tremendous and majestic as…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The voice of the Lord is powerful - Margin, as in Hebrew: “in power.” That is, is mighty; or, has strength. Allusion may be made to what seems to be the effect of thunder in prostrating trees, or tearing off their limbs, or it may be merely to the loud sound of the thunder. Is full of majesty - Margin, as in Hebrew, “in majesty.” That is, it is grand, sublime, overpowering.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-9The Hebrew word qol can mean "voice," "noise" (1 Kings 1:45), or "thunder" (Joel 3:16). The Lord's voice is awe-inspiring and overpowers any sounds people might attribute to other gods.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. powerful ... majesty--literally, "in power, in majesty."Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 29:4

• God
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

In the dictionaries

• Majesty
• Adoration
• Cedar
• Number
• Omnipotence
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of
• Thunder
• Lebanon

Commentaries on Psalms 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings