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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
2Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name; worship Jehovah in holy splendour. 3The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth, — Jehovah upon great waters. The voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah is full of majesty. 5The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon: 6And he maketh them to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young buffalo.
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 spoke, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.
- Job 26:11The pillars of the heavens 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 hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
- Luke 4:36And astonishment came upon all, and they spoke to one another, saying, What word [is] this? 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? And, being afraid, they were astonished, saying to one another, Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?
- Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like God? or 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 recompence to his enemies!
- Ezekiel 10:5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God 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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