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

2Say that the Lord's name is great! Worship the Lord for who he is, and remember that he is holy. 3The voice of the Lord shouts over the water. The God of glory makes the noise of thunder. The Lord appears over the great sea. The Lord's voice is powerful. It has the authority of a king! 5When the Lord shouts, even the cedar trees break! Yes! The Lord breaks the great cedar trees of Lebanon. 6He makes Lebanon jump like a calf. He causes Hermon mountain to shake like a young bull jumps.

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 33:9The Lord spoke, and the world began! He spoke his command, and everything became fixed in its place.
• Job 26:11When God is angry, he shouts at the pillars under the sky. When they hear his command, they shake with fear.
• Jeremiah 51:15The Lord used his power to make the earth. He used his wisdom to make it strong. He knew how to put the sky to cover the earth.
• Luke 4:36All the people were very surprised and they said to each other, ‘Listen to what this man says! He has power and authority. He tells bad spirits to come out of people, and they come out.’
• Luke 8:25Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Why do you not believe in me?’ All this frightened the disciples and they were very surprised. They asked each other, ‘Who is this man? He even tells the wind and the water what to do. He speaks and they obey him!’
• Job 40:9Do you have the same power to do great things as I have? Can you speak with a voice as loud as thunder? I can!
• Isaiah 66:6Listen to the loud noise that is coming from the city! It is a noise that comes from the temple. The Lord is punishing his enemies as they deserve. That is what is making the noise!
• Ezekiel 10:5The noise of the cherubs' wings was very loud. It reached as far as the outside yard. The noise was like the voice of Almighty God 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