God’s Word Translation
Psalms 29:3
3The voice of the Lord rolls over the water. The God of glory thunders. The Lord shouts over raging water.
Psalms 29:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
- New International Version (NIV)The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The voice of the Lord is over the waters; The God of glory thunders; The Lord is over many waters.
Context of Psalms 29:3
1Give to the Lord, you heavenly beings. Give to the Lord glory and power. 2Give to the Lord the glory his name deserves. Worship the Lord in ⌞his⌟ holy splendor. The voice of the Lord rolls over the water. The God of glory thunders. The Lord shouts over raging water. 4The voice of the Lord is powerful. The voice of the Lord is majestic. 5The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars. The Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon.
Read all of Psalms 29Psalms 29:3 word by word
ק֥וֹל יְהוָ֗ה עַל־הַ֫מָּ֥יִם אֵֽל־הַכָּב֥וֹד הִרְעִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה עַל־מַ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 29:3
- Psalms 18:13The Lord thundered in the heavens. The Most High made his voice heard with hailstones and lightning.
- Psalms 77:16The water saw you, O God. The water saw you and shook. Even the depths of the sea trembled.
- Matthew 8:26Jesus said to them, “Why do you cowards have so little faith?” Then he got up, gave an order to the wind and the sea, and the sea became very calm.
- Revelation 17:14They will go to war against the lamb. The lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those who are called, chosen, and faithful are with him.”
- Psalms 24:7Lift your heads, you gates. Be lifted, you ancient doors, so that the king of glory may come in.
- Acts 7:2Stephen answered, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God who reveals his glory appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia. This happened before Abraham lived in Haran.
- Exodus 9:28Pray to the Lord. We’ve had enough of God’s thunder and hail. I’ll let you go; you don’t have to stay here any longer.”
- Exodus 19:16On the morning of the second day, there was thunder and lightning with a heavy cloud over the mountain, and a very loud blast from a ram’s horn ⌞was heard⌟. All the people in the camp shook with fear.
- 1 Samuel 7:10While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines came to fight against Israel. On that day the Lord thundered loudly at the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they were defeated by Israel.
- Job 37:2Listen! Listen to the roar of God’s voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
- John 12:29The crowd standing there heard the voice and said that it had thundered. Others in the crowd said that an angel had talked to him.
- Revelation 4:5Lightning, noise, and thunder came from the throne. Seven flaming torches were burning in front of the throne. These are the seven spirits of God.
- Revelation 8:5The angel took the incense burner, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth. Then there was thunder, noise, lightning, and an earthquake.
- Revelation 11:19God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his promise was seen inside his temple. There was lightning, noise, thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
- Revelation 16:18There was lightning, noise, thunder, and a powerful earthquake. There has never been such a powerful earthquake since humans have been on earth.
- Revelation 19:6I heard what sounded like the noise from a large crowd, like the noise of raging waters, like the noise of loud thunder, saying, “Hallelujah! The Lord our God, the Almighty, has become king.
Commentaries on Psalms 29:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The voice of the Lord - Thunder, so called, Exodus 9:23, Exodus 9:28, Exodus 9:29; Job 37:4; Psalm 18:13; Isaiah 30:30. On this subject see the note on Job 37:4, where there is a particular description of the nature and generation of thunder; and of the lightning, clap, rain, and other phenomena which accompany it. Upon many waters - The clouds, which Moses calls the waters which are above the firmament.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The voice of the Lord - The voice of Yahweh. There can be no doubt that the expression here, which is seven times repeated in the psalm, “the voice of Jehovah,” refers to thunder; and no one can fail to see the appropriateness of the expression. In heavy thunder it seems as if God spake. It comes from above. It fills us with awe. We know, indeed, that thunder as well as the other phenomena in the world, is produced by what are called “natural causes;”…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. 33. The voice of the Lord--audible exhibition of His power in the tempest, of which thunder is a specimen, but not the uniform or sole example. the waters--the clouds or vapors (Psa 18:11; Jr 10:13).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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