Psalms 96:4
For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
KJV
Illuxerunt fulgura ejus orbi terræ ; vidit, et commota est terra.
Vulgate
ἔφαναν αἱ ἀστραπαὶ αὐτοῦ τῇ οἰκουμένῃ, εἶδεν καὶ ἐσαλεύθη ἡ γῆ.
LXX
For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He is to be feared above all gods.
ASV
כִּ֥י גָ֘ד֤וֹל יְהוָ֣ה וּ/מְהֻלָּ֣ל מְאֹ֑ד נוֹרָ֥א ה֝֗וּא עַל כָּל אֱלֹהִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 29.—What the Servants of Christ Should Say in Reply to the Unbelievers Who Cast in Their Teeth that Christ Did Not Rescue Them from the Fury of Their Enemies. The whole family of God, most high and most true, has therefore a consolation of its own,—a consolation which cannot deceive, and which has in it a surer hope than the tottering and falling affairs of earth can af…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 7:22 — Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- 2Sam 22:4 — I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
- Exod 18:11 — Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
- Jer 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss
- Jer 10:6 — Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
- Jer 10:6 — Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
- Luke 12:5 — But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
- Neh 9:5 — Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, w
- Ps 18:3 — I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
- Ps 18:3 — I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
- Ps 48:1 — Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
- Ps 48:1 — Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
- Ps 66:3 — Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
- Ps 66:5 — Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
- Ps 76:7 — Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
- Ps 86:10 — For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
- Ps 89:7 — God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
- Ps 95:3 — For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
- Ps 95:3 — For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
- Ps 97:9 — For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
- Ps 135:5 — For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
- Ps 138:1 — I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
- Ps 145:3 — Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
- Ps 145:3 — Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
- Ps 147:5 — Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
- Ps 149:6 — Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
- Ps 150:2 — Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
- Rev 15:4 — Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.