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Psalms 46:3
3though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
Psalms 46:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
- 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, an ever-present help in trouble. 2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. 4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. 5God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
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יֶהֱמ֣וּ יֶחְמְר֣וּ מֵימָ֑יו יִֽרְעֲשֽׁוּ־הָרִ֖ים בְּגַאֲוָת֣וֹ סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 46:3
- Psalms 18:4The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 93:3The seas have lifted up, Lord, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
- Job 38:11when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?
- Isaiah 5:3“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
- Isaiah 17:12Woe to the many nations that rage— they rage like the raging sea! Woe to the peoples who roar— they roar like the roaring of great waters!
- Jeremiah 5:22Should you not fear me?” declares the Lord. “Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it.
- Matthew 7:25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
- Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.
- Psalms 114:4the mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs.
- Judges 5:4“When you, Lord, went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water.
- 1 Kings 19:11The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
- Job 9:5He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.
- Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
- Micah 1:4The mountains melt beneath him and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.
- Revelation 16:20Every island fled away and the mountains could not be 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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