God’s Word Translation
Psalms 29:6
6He makes Lebanon skip along like a calf and Mount Sirion like a wild ox.
Psalms 29:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
- New International Version (NIV)He makes Lebanon leap like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He makes them also skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.
Context of Psalms 29:6
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. He makes Lebanon skip along like a calf and Mount Sirion like a wild ox. 7The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning. 8The voice of the Lord makes the wilderness tremble. The Lord makes the wilderness of Kadesh tremble.
Read all of Psalms 29Psalms 29:6 word by word
וַיַּרְקִידֵ֥ם כְּמוֹ־עֵ֑גֶל לְבָנ֥וֹן וְ֝שִׂרְיֹ֗ן כְּמ֣וֹ בֶן־רְאֵמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 29:6
- Psalms 114:4The mountains jumped like rams. The hills jumped like lambs.
- Jeremiah 4:23I see the earth. It’s formless and empty. I see the sky. Its lights are gone.
- Habakkuk 3:6He stands and shakes the earth. He casts a glance and startles the nations. The oldest mountains break apart. The ancient hills sink. The ancient paths belong to him.
- Revelation 20:11I saw a large, white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the sky fled from his presence, but no place was found for them.
- Deuteronomy 3:9(The Sidonians call Mount Hermon by the name Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir.)
- Psalms 92:10But you make me as strong as a wild bull, and soothing lotion is poured on me.
- Numbers 23:22The God who brought them out of Egypt has the strength of a wild bull.
Commentaries on Psalms 29:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He maketh them also to skip like a calf - That is, the cedars of Lebanon. Compare Psalm 114:4, “The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.” Psalm 68:16, “why leap ye, ye high hills?” The meaning is plain. The lightning tore off the large branches, and uprooted the loftiest trees, so that they seemed to play and dance like calves in their gambols. Nothing could be more strikingly descriptive of “power.” Lebanon and Sirion - Sirion…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Lebanon’s mountains and Sirion (another name for Mount Hermon) are high mountains to the north of Israel. The Lord can make even huge mountains shake when he commands it (see Psalm 114:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. The tall and large cedars, especially of Lebanon, are shivered, utterly broken. The waving of the mountain forests before the wind is expressed by the figure of skipping or leaping.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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