Tree of Life Version
Psalms 29:10
10Adonai sits enthroned over the flood. Yes, Adonai sits as King forever.
Psalms 29:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, And the Lord sits as King forever.
Context of Psalms 29:10
8The voice of Adonai shakes the desert. Adonai shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 9The voice of Adonai makes the deer writhe in birth and strips forests bare, and in His Temple all are saying, “Glory!” Adonai sits enthroned over the flood. Yes, Adonai sits as King forever. 11Adonai gives strength to His people. Adonai blesses His people with shalom.
Read all of Psalms 29Psalms 29:10 word by word
יְ֭הוָה לַמַּבּ֣וּל יָשָׁ֑ב וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב יְ֝הוָ֗ה מֶ֣לֶךְ לְעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 29:10
- Psalms 29:3The voice of Adonai is over the waters. The God of glory thunders— Adonai is over mighty waters.
- Psalms 65:7who establishes mountains by His power, being girded with might,
- Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep as with a garment—the waters standing above the mountains.
- Genesis 6:17Now I am about to bring the flood—water upon the land—to destroy all flesh in which is the spirit of life from under the sky. Everything that is on the land will perish.
- Genesis 8:1Then God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. So God caused a wind to pass over the land and the water subsided.
- Job 38:8“And who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
- Mark 4:41They were struck with awe and said to one another, “Who is this? Even the wind and the sea obey Him!”
- Psalms 2:6“I have set up My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
- Psalms 10:16Adonai is King forever and ever! Nations will be wiped off His land.
- Psalms 93:1Adonai reigns—He is robed in majesty! Adonai has robed and armed Himself with strength. Yes, the world is firmly established—unshakable.
- Psalms 99:1Adonai reigns, let the peoples tremble. He is enthroned upon the cheruvim— let the earth shake!
- Daniel 2:44“Now in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will this kingdom be left to another people. It will crush and bring to an end all of these kingdoms. But it will endure forever.
- Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- 1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Commentaries on Psalms 29:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The Lord sitteth upon the flood - ישב למבול יהוה Jehovah lammabbul yasheb, "Jehovah sat upon the deluge." It was Jehovah that commanded those waters to be upon the earth. He directed the storm; and is here represented, after all the confusion and tempest, as sitting on the floods, appeasing the fury of the jarring elements; and reducing all things, by his governing influence, to regularity and order. Sitteth king for ever - He governs universal nature…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The Lord sitteth upon the flood - God is enthroned upon the flood, or presides over it. The obvious meaning is, that God is enthroned upon the storm, or presides over that which produces such consternation. It is not undirected; it is not the result of chance or fate; it is not produced by mere physical laws; it is not without restraint - without a ruler - for Yahweh presides over all, and all this may be regarded as his throne. Compare the notes at Psalm…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The image of strong floodwaters relates to the great flood (Genesis 6:17). The Lord rules as king over all creation. No one challenges his kingdom.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1110-11. Over this terrible raging of the elements God is enthroned, directing and restraining by sovereign power; and hence the comfort of His people. "This awful God is ours, our Father and our Love."Read the comment
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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
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