American Standard Version
Psalms 29:4
4The voice of Jehovah is powerful;The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty.
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 unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name; Worship Jehovah in holy array. 3The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters. The voice of Jehovah is powerful; The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty. 5The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.
Read all of Psalms 29Psalms 29:4 word by word
קוֹל־יְהוָ֥ה בַּכֹּ֑חַ ק֥וֹל יְ֝הוָ֗ה בֶּהָדָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 29:4
- Psalms 33:9For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
- Job 26:11The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.
- Jeremiah 51:15He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens.
- Luke 4:36And amazement came upon all, and they spake together, one with another, saying, What is this word? for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
- Luke 8:25And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And being afraid they marvelled, saying one to another, Who then is this, that he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him?
- Job 40:9Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
- Isaiah 66:6A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Jehovah that rendereth recompense to his enemies.
- Ezekiel 10:5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaketh.
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
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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
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