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Psalms 46:3
3Therefore we will not fear, though the earth change, though the mountains topple into the heart of the seas,
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
1For the music director, of the sons of Korah, according to Alamoth, a song. 2God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth change, though the mountains topple into the heart of the seas, 4though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at their swelling. Selah 5There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God— the holy dwelling place of Elyon.
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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 18:4I called upon Adonai, worthy of praise, and I was rescued from my enemies.
- Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, Adonai, the floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their crashing waves.
- Job 38:11when I said, ‘This far you may come, but no further; here your majestic waves will stop.’
- Isaiah 5:3So now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
- Isaiah 17:12Oy ! The uproar of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas. The rumbling of nations, who rush in like the rumbling of mighty waters!
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?’ says Adonai. ‘Do you not tremble in My presence?’ For I made the sand a boundary of the sea, an everlasting decree that cannot be broken. Though the waves roll, they cannot prevail. Though they roar, they cannot cross it.
- Matthew 7:25And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house; and yet it did not fall, for its foundation had been built on the rock.
- Revelation 17:15Then he tells me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
- Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
- Judges 5:4Adonai, when You came out from Seir, when You marched from Edom’s field, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water.
- 1 Kings 19:11Then He said, “Come out and stand on the mount before Adonai.” Behold, Adonai was passing by—a great and mighty wind was tearing at the mountains and shattering cliffs before Adonai. But Adonai was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but Adonai was not in the earthquake.
- Job 9:5“He who moves mountains, yet they do not know it, who overthrows them in His anger;
- Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains— behold, they were shaking and all the hills swaying to and fro.
- Micah 1:4The mountains will melt away under Him and the valleys will split apart like wax before the fire, like water being poured down a slope.
- Nahum 1:5Mountains quaked because of Him, and the hills have melted. The earth has heaved up at His presence—yes, the world and everything dwelling in it.
- Revelation 16:20Every island fled away, and no mountains were to 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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