Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters. New Living Translation The voice of the LORD echoes above the sea. The God of glory thunders. The LORD thunders over the mighty sea. English Standard Version The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters. Berean Standard Bible The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters. King James Bible The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. New King James Version The voice of the LORD is over the waters; The God of glory thunders; The LORD is over many waters. New American Standard Bible The voice of the LORD is on the waters; The God of glory thunders, The LORD is over many waters. NASB 1995 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, The LORD is over many waters. NASB 1977 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, The LORD is over many waters. Legacy Standard Bible The voice of Yahweh is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, Yahweh is over many waters. Amplified Bible The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders; The LORD is over many waters. Christian Standard Bible The voice of the LORD is above the waters. The God of glory thunders — the LORD, above the vast water, Holman Christian Standard Bible The voice of the LORD is above the waters. The God of glory thunders— the LORD, above vast waters, American Standard Version The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters. Contemporary English Version The voice of the LORD echoes over the oceans. The glorious LORD God thunders above the roar of the raging sea, English Revised Version The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth, even the LORD upon many waters. GOD'S WORD® Translation The voice of the LORD rolls over the water. The God of glory thunders. The LORD shouts over raging water. Good News Translation The voice of the LORD is heard on the seas; the glorious God thunders, and his voice echoes over the ocean. International Standard Version The voice of the LORD was heard above the waters; the God of glory thundered; the LORD was heard over many waters. Majority Standard Bible The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters. NET Bible The LORD's shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the LORD appears over the surging water. New Heart English Bible The voice of the LORD is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even the LORD on many waters. Webster's Bible Translation The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. World English Bible Yahweh’s voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe voice of YHWH [is] on the waters, "" The God of glory has thundered, "" YHWH [is] on many waters. Young's Literal Translation The voice of Jehovah is on the waters, The God of glory hath thundered, Jehovah is on many waters. Smith's Literal Translation The voice of Jehovah upon the waters: the God of glory thundered: Jehovah upon many waters. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over the mighty waters. New Revised Standard Version The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over mighty waters. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is upon many waters. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The voice of LORD JEHOVAH is upon the waters; the glorious God thundered: LORD JEHOVAH, upon the many waters. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thundereth, Even the LORD upon many waters. Brenton Septuagint Translation The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon many waters. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Ascribe Glory to the LORD…2Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness. 3The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters. 4The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.… Cross References Job 37:4-5 Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds. / God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend. Revelation 10:3-4 Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices. / When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.” Ezekiel 1:24 When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings. Isaiah 30:30 And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. Jeremiah 10:13 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses. Job 40:9 Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His? Psalm 18:13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire. 1 Kings 19:11-12 Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. / After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice. Exodus 19:16 On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled. Isaiah 29:6 you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire. Revelation 4:5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God. Psalm 77:18 Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet. Matthew 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!” John 12:28-29 Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” / The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him. Treasury of Scripture The voice of the LORD is on the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is on many waters. The voice Psalm 18:13-15 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire… Psalm 77:16-19 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled… Matthew 8:26,27 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm… God Psalm 24:7-10 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in… Acts 7:2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, thundereth Exodus 9:28,33 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer… Exodus 19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 1 Samuel 7:10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. many waters. Psalm 93:3,4 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves… Psalm 104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: Jump to Previous Glory Great Mighty Thundered Thundereth Thundering Thunders Voice WatersJump to Next Glory Great Mighty Thundered Thundereth Thundering Thunders Voice WatersPsalm 29 1. David exhorts princes to give glory to God3. by reason of is power 11. and protection of his people The voice of the LORD The phrase "the voice of the LORD" in Hebrew is "קוֹל יְהוָה" (qol Yahweh). This phrase is a powerful depiction of God's authority and presence. In the ancient Near Eastern context, a king's voice was a symbol of power and command. Similarly, the voice of the LORD signifies His sovereign power over creation. Theologically, it represents God's self-revelation and His active involvement in the world. The voice of the LORD is not just a sound but a dynamic force that accomplishes His will, as seen in the creation narrative where God speaks the world into existence. is over the waters the God of glory thunders the LORD is heard "Then broke the thunder Like a whole sea overhead." BROWNING: Pippa Passes. The Hebrew kol ("voice"), used also of any loud sound (2Samuel 15:10, of the trumpet; Ezekiel 1:24, of water), is sometimes used (Genesis 4:10; Isaiah 52:8) to call attention, like our "Hark !" So Ewald here. Others refer it to the thunder, as in Psalm 77:18; but it seems better to take it for the combined noise of the storm, thunder, wind, and rain, as in Shakespeare-- . . . Verse 3. - The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. The description of God's might in the thunderstorm now begins with one of the sudden transitions which David loves. "The voice of the Lord" - already identified with the thunder in Psalm 18:13 - is suddenly heard muttering in the height of heaven, "upon the waters;" i.e. the waters stored in the clouds that float on high in the air. The God of glory - the God set forth in vers. 1, 2 - thundereth. It is he himself, according to the psalmist, no minor agent. The Lord (Jehovah) is upon the many (or, great) waters (comp. Job 37:2-5 and Psalm 18:7-14).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The voiceק֥וֹל (qō·wl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6963: A voice, sound of the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel is over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the waters; הַ֫מָּ֥יִם (ham·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen the God אֵֽל־ (’êl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty of glory הַכָּב֥וֹד (hak·kā·ḇō·wḏ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness thunders; הִרְעִ֑ים (hir·‘îm) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7481: To tumble, be violently agitated, to crash, to irritate the LORD יְ֝הוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel [is heard] over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against many רַבִּֽים׃ (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great waters. מַ֥יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen Links Psalm 29:3 NIVPsalm 29:3 NLT Psalm 29:3 ESV Psalm 29:3 NASB Psalm 29:3 KJV Psalm 29:3 BibleApps.com Psalm 29:3 Biblia Paralela Psalm 29:3 Chinese Bible Psalm 29:3 French Bible Psalm 29:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 29:3 Yahweh's voice is on the waters (Psalm Ps Psa.) |