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Psalms 29:9
9When the Lord shouts, the big oak trees bend over. The leaves fall off all the trees in the forests. But in his temple, everyone says, ‘He is great!’
Psalms 29:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
- New International Version (NIV)The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, "Glory!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth, And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!”
Context of Psalms 29:9
7The Lord's voice makes fire like lightning in the sky. 8When the Lord shouts, the desert shakes! He makes the Kadesh desert shake! When the Lord shouts, the big oak trees bend over. The leaves fall off all the trees in the forests. But in his temple, everyone says, ‘He is great!’ 10The Lord rules as king over the deep waters. The Lord will be king for ever. 11The Lord makes his people strong. The Lord blesses his people with peace.
Read all of Psalms 29Psalms 29:9 word by word
ק֤וֹל יְהוָ֨ה׀ יְחוֹלֵ֣ל אַיָּלוֹת֮ וַֽיֶּחֱשֹׂ֪ף יְעָ֫ר֥וֹת וּבְהֵיכָל֑וֹ כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹ אֹמֵ֥ר כָּבֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- maketh the hindsאַיָּלָה'ayâlâh · doeH355
- to calveחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: danceH2342
- and discoverethחָשַׂףchâώaph · to stripH2834
- the forestsיַעְרָהya‛ărâh · honeycombH3295
- and in his templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964
- doth every one speakאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
Cross-references for Psalms 29:9
- Job 39:1‘Job, do you know that time when the goats on the mountains give birth? Do you watch the wild deer when their babies are born?
- Psalms 63:2When I have gone into your temple, I have seen what you are like. I have seen your great power and your glory.
- Isaiah 9:18The evil things that the people do destroy everything. They are like a fire that destroys thorn bushes. They burn up all the bushes in the forest. Clouds of smoke rise up from a great fire.
- Isaiah 10:18The Lord will completely destroy Assyria's great forests and its good fields. It will seem like a bad disease is taking away their life.
- Ezekiel 20:46‘Son of man, look towards the south. Speak my message to the people there. Warn the forests in the dry land of the south.
- Psalms 46:2So even when the earth shakes, we will not be afraid. And when the mountains fall down into the deep sea, we will still not be afraid.
- Psalms 48:9When we are in your temple, God, we think about your faithful love.
- Psalms 134:1Listen, all you servants of the Lord, come and praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, all you who serve him in his temple during the night.
- Psalms 135:1Hallelujah! Praise the name of the Lord! Praise him, you servants of the Lord!
Commentaries on Psalms 29:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Maketh the hinds to calve - Strikes terror through all the tribes of animals; which sometimes occasions those which are pregnant to cast their young. This, I believe, to be the whole that is meant by the text. I meddle not with the fables which have been published on this subject both by ancients and moderns. Discovereth the forests - Makes them sometimes evident in the darliest night, by the sudden flash; and often by setting them on fire. And in his…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve - The deer. The object of the psalmist here is to show the effects of the storm in producing consternation, especially on the weak and timid animals of the forest. The effect here adverted to is that of fear or consternation in bringing on the throes of parturition. Compare Job 39:1, Job 39:3. No one can doubt that the effect here described may occur in the violence of a tempest; and perhaps no image could…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. 99. Terror-stricken animals and denuded forests close the illustration. In view of this scene of awful sublimity, God's worshippers respond to the call of Psa 29:2, and speak or cry, "Glory!" By "temple," or "palace" (God's residence, Psa 5:7), may here be meant heaven, or the whole frame of nature, as the angels are called on for praise.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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