King James Version
Psalms 46:3
3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Psalms 46:3 in other versions
- 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
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! Interlude
Context of Psalms 46:3
1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. 4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. 5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
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יֶהֱמ֣וּ יֶחְמְר֣וּ מֵימָ֑יו יִֽרְעֲשֽׁוּ־הָרִ֖ים בְּגַאֲוָת֣וֹ סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 46:3
- Psalms 18:4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
- Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
- Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
- Isaiah 5:3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
- Isaiah 17:12Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
- Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
- Matthew 7:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Revelation 17:15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
- Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
- Judges 5:4Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
- 1 Kings 19:11And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:
- Job 9:5Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
- Jeremiah 4:24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
- Micah 1:4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
- Revelation 16:20And every island fled away, and the 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
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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
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