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Psalms 97:5

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

KJV

Psallite Domino in cithara ; in cithara et voce psalmi ;

Vulgate

ψάλατε τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν κιθάρᾳ, ἐν κιθάρᾳ καὶ φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ,

LXX

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

ASV

הָרִ֗ים כַּ/דּוֹנַ֗ג נָ֭מַסּוּ מִ/לִּ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה מִ֝/לִּ/פְנֵ֗י אֲד֣וֹן כָּל הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
דּוֹנַג֙
dvng
noun · 4×
הִמֵּ֣ס
hms
verb · 21×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
י
y
noun · 328×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:2 — Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and
  • 2Pet 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that
  • Amos 9:13 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt
  • Hab 3:6 — He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
  • Isa 24:19 — The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
  • Isa 64:1 — Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
  • Josh 3:11 — Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
  • Judg 5:5 — The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
  • Mic 1:3 — For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
  • Mic 1:4 — And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
  • Nah 1:5 — The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
  • Ps 46:6 — The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
  • Ps 46:6 — The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
  • Ps 47:2 — For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
  • Ps 68:2 — As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
  • Ps 95:4 — In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.