Psalms 46:3

Psalms 46:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
• English Standard Version (ESV)though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah

Context of Psalms 46:3

1God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found. 2Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas; Though the waters thereof roar [and] foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. 4There is a river the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the sanctuary of the habitations of the Most High. 5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her at the dawn of the morning.

Psalms 46:3 word by word

יֶהֱמ֣וּ יֶחְמְר֣וּ מֵימָ֑יו יִֽרְעֲשֽׁוּ־הָרִ֖ים בְּגַאֲוָת֣וֹ סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

• mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• shakeמוֹטmôţ · to shakeH4131

Cross-references for Psalms 46:3

• Psalms 18:4The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
• Psalms 93:3The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.
• Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
• Isaiah 5:3And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
• Isaiah 17:12Ha! a tumult of many peoples! they make a noise as the noise of the seas; — and the rushing of nations! they rush as the rushing of mighty waters.
• Jeremiah 5:22Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
• Matthew 7:25and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.
• Revelation 17:15And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
• Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
• Judges 5:4Jehovah, when thou wentest forth from Seir, When thou marchedst out of the fields of Edom, The earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
• 1 Kings 19:11And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Jehovah: Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake: Jehovah was not in the earthquake.
• Job 9:5Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;
• Jeremiah 4:24I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills shook violently.
• Micah 1:4And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters poured down a steep place.
• Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt, and the earth is upheaved at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.
• Revelation 16:20And every island fled, and mountains were not found;

Commentaries on Psalms 46:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Though the waters thereof roar - Waters, in prophetic language, signify people; and, generally, people in a state of political commotion, here signified by the term roar. And by these strong agitations of the people, the mountains - the secular rulers, shake with the swelling thereof - tremble, for fear that these popular tumults should terminate in the subversion of the state. This very people had seen all Asia in a state of war. The Persians had…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled - The waters of the sea. The idea is, that they would not be afraid though everything should be in commotion, and be as unsettled as the restless waves of the ocean. The earth might be changed, the mountains removed, the agitated sea roar and dash against the shore, but their minds would be calm. The word rendered “be troubled” means to boil; to ferment; to foam; and here it refers to the ocean as agitated…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3Even during natural disasters, the citizens of Zion show no fear.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. The most violent civil commotions are illustrated by the greatest physical commotions.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 46:3

• Assurance
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Commentaries on Psalms 46

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings