Parallel Verses
Amplified
The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered and were moved;
He raised His voice, the earth melted.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Holman Bible
the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
International Standard Version
The nations roared; the kingdoms were shaken. His voice boomed; the earth melts.
A Conservative Version
The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved, he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
American Standard Version
The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Bible in Basic English
The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.
Darby Translation
The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Julia Smith Translation
Nations raged, kingdoms were moved: he gave with his voice, the earth will melt
King James 2000
The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Nations roar, kingdoms shake; he utters his voice, [the] earth melts.
Modern King James verseion
The nations raged, the kingdoms were shaken; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved; but God hath showed his voice, and the earth shall melt away.
NET Bible
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown. God gives a shout, the earth dissolves.
New Heart English Bible
The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted.
The Emphasized Bible
Nations have roared, Kingdoms have tottered, He hath uttered his voice, Earth melteth.
Webster
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
World English Bible
The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted.
Youngs Literal Translation
Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 46:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Refuge
5
God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;
God will help her when the morning dawns.
The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered and were moved;
He raised His voice, the earth melted.
The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.
Cross References
Amos 9:5
The Lord God of hosts [the Omnipotent Ruler],
It is He who touches the earth [in judgment] and it melts,
And all who dwell on it mourn [in despair and fear],
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
Joshua 2:9
and she said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the terror and dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted [in despair] because of you.
Joshua 2:24
They said to Joshua, “Certainly the Lord has given all the land into our hands; for all the inhabitants of the land have melted [in despair] because of us.”
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before Him
And the hills melt away;
Indeed the earth is shaken by His presence—
Yes, the world and all that dwell in it.
Joshua 2:11
When we heard it, our hearts melted [in despair], and a [fighting] spirit no longer remained in any man because of you; for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.
2 Chronicles 14:9-13
Now Zerah the Ethiopian (Cushite) came out against Judah with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came as far as Mareshah.
2 Chronicles 20:1
Now it happened after this that the Moabites and the Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
2 Chronicles 20:20-24
So they got up early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe and trust in the Lord your God and you will be established (secure). Believe and trust in His prophets and succeed.”
Psalm 2:1-4
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
Psalm 18:13
The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalm 68:8
The earth trembled;
The heavens also poured down rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Psalm 68:33
To Him who rides in the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
Behold, He sends out His voice, a mighty and majestic voice.
Psalm 83:2-8
For behold, Your enemies are in tumult,
And those who hate You have raised their heads [in hatred of You].
Psalm 97:5
The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Isaiah 8:9-10
“Be broken [in pieces], O peoples, and be shattered!
Listen, all you [our enemies from the] far countries.
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered;
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered.
Isaiah 14:12-16
“How you have fallen from heaven,
O
You have been cut down to the ground,
You who have weakened the nations [king of Babylon]!
Isaiah 37:21-36
Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying, “For the Lord, the God of Israel says this, ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,
Isaiah 64:1-2
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—
Jeremiah 25:30
“Therefore prophesy all these words against them and say to them:
And utter His voice from His holy dwelling;
He will roar mightily against His fold and pasture.
He will jubilantly shout like those who tread the grapes [in the wine press],
Against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Joel 2:11
The Lord utters His voice before His army,
For His camp is very great,
Because strong and powerful is he who [obediently] carries out His word.
For the day of the Lord is indeed great and very terrible [causing dread];
Who can endure it?
Amos 1:2
And he said,
“The Lord thunders and roars from Zion [in judgment]
And utters His voice from Jerusalem;
Then the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
And the summit of [Mount] Carmel dries up [because of God’s judgment].”
Amos 9:13
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“When the plowman shall overtake the one who gathers the harvest,
And the one who treads the grapes [shall overtake] him who sows the seed [for the harvest continues until planting time];
When the mountains will drip sweet wine
And all the hills shall melt [that is, everything that was once barren will overflow with streams of blessing].
Micah 1:4
The mountains shall melt under Him
And the valleys shall be split
Like wax before the fire,
Like waters poured down a steep place.
Habakkuk 3:5-6
Before Him goes the pestilence [of judgment as in Egypt],
And [the burning] plague [of condemnation] follows at His feet [as in Sennacherib’s army].
Habakkuk 3:10-11
The mountains saw You and [they] trembled and writhed [as if in pain];
The downpour of waters swept by [as a deluge].
The deep uttered its voice and raged,
It lifted its hands high.
2 Peter 3:10-12
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish with a [mighty and thunderous] roar, and the [material] elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and the works that are on it will be
Revelation 6:13-14
and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree shedding its late [summer] figs when shaken by a strong wind.
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them [for this heaven and earth are passing away].