Psalms 29:6

Psalms 29:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
• New International Version (NIV)He makes Lebanon leap like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He makes them also skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

Context of Psalms 29:6

4The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic. 5The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon. He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox. 7The voice of the LORD strikes with flames of fire. 8The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

Psalms 29:6 word by word

וַיַּרְקִידֵ֥ם כְּמוֹ־עֵ֑גֶל לְבָנ֥וֹן וְ֝שִׂרְיֹ֗ן כְּמ֣וֹ בֶן־רְאֵמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• He makes Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
• skipרָקַדrâqad · to skip aboutH7540
• likeכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644
• a calfעֵ֫גֶל‛êgel · calfH5695
• and Sirionשִׂרְיֹןshiryôn ώiryôn · SirionH8303
• a youngבֵּןbên · son: young animalH1121
• wild oxרְאֵםre'êm re'êym rêym rêm · wild oxH7214

Cross-references for Psalms 29:6

• Psalms 114:4the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
• Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
• 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.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
• Deuteronomy 3:9which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
• Psalms 92:10But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
• Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.

Commentaries on Psalms 29:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He maketh them also to skip like a calf - That is, the cedars of Lebanon. Compare Psalm 114:4, “The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.” Psalm 68:16, “why leap ye, ye high hills?” The meaning is plain. The lightning tore off the large branches, and uprooted the loftiest trees, so that they seemed to play and dance like calves in their gambols. Nothing could be more strikingly descriptive of “power.” Lebanon and Sirion - Sirion…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Lebanon’s mountains and Sirion (another name for Mount Hermon) are high mountains to the north of Israel. The Lord can make even huge mountains shake when he commands it (see Psalm 114:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. The tall and large cedars, especially of Lebanon, are shivered, utterly broken. The waving of the mountain forests before the wind is expressed by the figure of skipping or leaping.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 29:6

• Hermon
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Sirion

In the dictionaries

• Lebanon
• Majesty
• Sirion
• Unicorn
• Adoration
• Calf
• Hermon
• Number
• Omnipotence
• Palestine

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