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Psalms 46:3
3Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! Interlude
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.
- 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
Context of Psalms 46:3
1God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. 2So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! Interlude 4A river brings joy to the city of our God, the sacred home of the Most High. 5God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed. From the very break of day, God will protect it.
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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 ropes of death entangled me; floods of destruction swept over me.
- Psalms 93:3The floods have risen up, O Lord. The floods have roared like thunder; the floods have lifted their pounding waves.
- Job 38:11I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!’
- Isaiah 5:3Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you judge between me and my vineyard.
- Isaiah 17:12Listen! The armies of many nations roar like the roaring of the sea. Hear the thunder of the mighty forces as they rush forward like thundering waves.
- Jeremiah 5:22Have you no respect for me? Why don’t you tremble in my presence? I, the Lord, define the ocean’s sandy shoreline as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross. The waves may toss and roar, but they can never pass the boundaries I set.
- Matthew 7:25Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.
- Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters where the prostitute is ruling represent masses of people of every nation and language.
- Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs!
- Judges 5:4“Lord, when you set out from Seir and marched across the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the cloudy skies poured down rain.
- 1 Kings 19:11“Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the Lord told him. And as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
- Job 9:5“Without warning, he moves the mountains, overturning them in his anger.
- Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains and hills, and they trembled and shook.
- Micah 1:4The mountains melt beneath his feet and flow into the valleys like wax in a fire, like water pouring down a hill.
- Nahum 1:5In his presence the mountains quake, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles, and its people are destroyed.
- Revelation 16:20And every island disappeared, and all the mountains were leveled.
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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