New King James Version
Psalms 96:6
6Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
Psalms 96:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
- New International Version (NIV)Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Honor and majesty surround him; strength and beauty fill his sanctuary.
Context of Psalms 96:6
4For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. 5For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens. Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. 7Give to the Lord, O families of the peoples, Give to the Lord glory and strength. 8Give to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come into His courts.
Read all of Psalms 96Psalms 96:6 word by word
הוֹד־וְהָדָ֥ר לְפָנָ֑יו עֹ֥ז וְ֝תִפְאֶ֗רֶת בְּמִקְדָּשֽׁוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 96:6
- Psalms 8:1O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
- Psalms 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.
- Psalms 63:2So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.
- Psalms 93:1The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The Lord is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved.
- Psalms 104:1Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty,
- Hebrews 1:3who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
- 2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
- Psalms 27:4One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple.
- Psalms 29:1Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones, Give unto the Lord glory and strength.
- Psalms 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God will shine forth.
- 1 Chronicles 16:27Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and gladness are in His place.
Commentaries on Psalms 96:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Honour and majesty are before him - Does this refer to the cloud of his glory that preceded the ark in their journeying through the wilderness? The words strength and beauty, and glory and strength, Psalm 96:7, are those by which the ark is described, Psalm 78:61.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Honour and majesty are before him - This part of the verse is taken literally from 1 Chronicles 16:27. The meaning is, that that which constitutes honor, glory, majesty, is in his presence, or wherever he is. Whereever he manifests himself, there are the exhibitions of honor and majesty. They are always the accompaniments of his presence. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary - This is slightly varied from the parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 16:27…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Splendor and majesty: The Lord is glorious (Psalm 96:6; 104:1; 148:13), and so are his works in nature (8:1) and in redemption (111:3; 145:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Honour and majesty--are His attendants, declared in His mighty works, while power and grace are specially seen in His spiritual relations to His people.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 96
- 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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