Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

For great is LORD, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.

New American Standard Bible

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
He also is to be feared above all gods.

King James Version

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

Holman Bible

For the Lord is great and highly praised;
He is feared above all gods.

International Standard Version

because the LORD is great, and he is praised greatly! He is feared above every god.

American Standard Version

For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.

Amplified


For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
He is also to be feared [with awe-filled reverence] above all gods.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

For Jehovah is great, and exceedingly to be praised; And he is terrible above all gods.

Julia Smith Translation

For great is Jehovah, and greatly praised: and he to be feared above all gods.

King James 2000

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For Yahweh [is] great and greatly praised, and he is feared among all gods.

Modern King James verseion

For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For great is the LORD and to be praised exceedingly: and terrible is he above all Gods.

NET Bible

For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods.

New Heart English Bible

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.

The Emphasized Bible

For great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, and to be revered is he above all gods;

Webster

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

World English Bible

For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.

Youngs Literal Translation

For great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, And fearful He is above all gods.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

is the Lord

Usage: 0

to be praised
הלל 
Halal 
Usage: 165

he also is to be feared
ירא 
Yare' 
Usage: 334

Verse Info

Context Readings

David's Psalm Of Thanksgiving

24 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples. 25 For great is LORD, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the peoples are idols. But LORD made the heavens.

Cross References

Psalm 89:7

a God very awesome in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all those who are round about him?

Psalm 76:7

Thou, even thou, are to be feared. And who may stand in thy sight when once thou are angry?

Psalm 144:3-6

LORD, what is man, that thou take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou make account of him?

Exodus 15:11

Who is like thee, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Psalm 66:3-5

Say to God, How awesome are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee.

Isaiah 40:12-17

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Jeremiah 5:22

Do ye not fear me? says LORD. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who 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 themselves, yet they cannot prevai

Jeremiah 10:6-10

There is none like thee, O LORD. Thou are great, and thy name is great in might.

Revelation 15:3-4

And they sing the song of Moses the bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty, righteous and TRUE are thy ways, thou King of the nations.

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