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Bible in Basic English

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.

New American Standard Bible

A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
In the city of our God, His holy mountain.

King James Version

{A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.} Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

Holman Bible

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.The Lord is great and highly praised
in the city of our God.
His holy mountain,

International Standard Version

Great is the LORD! For he is to be praised greatly, even in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

A Conservative Version

Great is LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

American Standard Version

Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

Amplified

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
In the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Darby Translation

{A Song; a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.} Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness.

Julia Smith Translation

A song of chanting to the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

King James 2000

[A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.] Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh [is] great and very worthy of praise in the city of our God, in his {holy mountain}.

Modern King James verseion

A Song and Psalm for the Sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{A Song of a Psalm of the children of Korah} Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill.

NET Bible

A song, a psalm by the Korahites. The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill.

New Heart English Bible

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

The Emphasized Bible

Great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Webster

A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

World English Bible

Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

Youngs Literal Translation

A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God -- His holy hill.

Context Readings

God Our King

1 Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.



Cross References

Psalm 46:4

There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

Micah 4:1

But in the last days it will come about that the mountain of the Lord's house will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and peoples will be flowing to it.

Zechariah 8:3

This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain.

Isaiah 2:2-3

And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it.

Psalm 96:4

For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; he is more to be feared than all other gods.

2 Chronicles 20:1-37

Now after this, the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunim, made war against Jehoshaphat.

Nehemiah 9:5

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise.

Psalm 2:6

But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

Psalm 30:1

I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me.

Psalm 46:1

God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 47:8

God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high seat of his holy rule.

Psalm 65:1

It is right for you, O God, to have praise in Zion: to you let the offering be made.

Psalm 78:68

But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

Psalm 87:1

This house is resting on the holy mountain.

Psalm 87:3

Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.)

Psalm 89:1-7

My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.

Psalm 99:3-4

Let them give praise to your name, for it is great and to be feared; holy is he.

Psalm 99:9

Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping with your faces turned to his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.

Psalm 147:5

Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

Isaiah 27:13

And it will be in that day that a great horn will be sounded; and those who were wandering in the land of Assyria, and those who had been sent away into the land of Egypt, will come; and they will give worship to the Lord in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 31:23

So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.

Obadiah 1:17

But in Mount Zion some will be kept safe, and it will be holy; and the children of Jacob will take their heritage.

Matthew 24:15

When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

Revelation 15:3-4

And they give the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and full of wonder are your works, O Lord God, Ruler of all; true and full of righteousness are your ways, eternal King.

Revelation 19:5

And a voice came from the high seat, saying, Give praise to our God, all you his servants, small and great, in whom is the fear of him.

Revelation 21:2

And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.

Revelation 21:10-22

And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

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