Psalms 29:4

Psalms 29:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
• New International Version (NIV)The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The voice of the Lord is powerful; The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

Context of Psalms 29:4

2Honor the Lord for the glory of his name. Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. 3The voice of the Lord echoes above the sea. The God of glory thunders. The Lord thunders over the mighty sea. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic. 5The voice of the Lord splits the mighty cedars; the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon. 6He makes Lebanon’s mountains skip like a calf; he makes Mount Hermon leap like a young wild ox.

Psalms 29:4 word by word

קוֹל־יְהוָ֥ה בַּכֹּ֑חַ ק֥וֹל יְ֝הוָ֗ה בֶּהָדָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• powerfulכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• full of majestyהָדָרhâdâr · gloryH1926

Cross-references for Psalms 29:4

• Psalms 33:9For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his command.
• Job 26:11The foundations of heaven tremble; they shudder at his rebuke.
• Jeremiah 51:15The Lord made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens.
• Luke 4:36Amazed, the people exclaimed, “What authority and power this man’s words possess! Even evil spirits obey him, and they flee at his command!”
• Luke 8:25Then he asked them, “Where is your faith?” The disciples were terrified and amazed. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “When he gives a command, even the wind and waves obey him!”
• Job 40:9Are you as strong as God? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
• Isaiah 66:6What is all the commotion in the city? What is that terrible noise from the Temple? It is the voice of the Lord taking vengeance against his enemies.
• Ezekiel 10:5The moving wings of the cherubim sounded like the voice of God Almighty and could be heard even in the outer courtyard.

Commentaries on Psalms 29:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Is powerful - There is no agent in universal nature so powerful as the electric fluid. It destroys life, tears castles and towers to pieces, rends the strongest oaks, and cleaves the most solid rocks: universal animate nature is awed and terrified by it. To several of these effects the psalmist here refers; and for the illustration of the whole I must refer to the above notes on Job. Full of majesty - No sound in nature is so tremendous and majestic as…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The voice of the Lord is powerful - Margin, as in Hebrew: “in power.” That is, is mighty; or, has strength. Allusion may be made to what seems to be the effect of thunder in prostrating trees, or tearing off their limbs, or it may be merely to the loud sound of the thunder. Is full of majesty - Margin, as in Hebrew, “in majesty.” That is, it is grand, sublime, overpowering.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. 44. powerful ... majesty--literally, "in power, in majesty."Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 29:4

• God
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

In the dictionaries

• Majesty
• Adoration
• Cedar
• Number
• Omnipotence
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of
• Thunder
• Lebanon

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