Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

For, lo, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads upon the high places of the earth--LORD, the God of hosts, is his name.

New American Standard Bible

For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high places of the earth,
The Lord God of hosts is His name.

King James Version

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.

Holman Bible

He is here:
the One who forms the mountains,
creates the wind,
and reveals His thoughts to man,
the One who makes the dawn out of darkness
and strides on the heights of the earth.
Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name.

International Standard Version

Look! The one who crafts mountains, who creates the wind, who reveals what he is thinking to mankind, who darkens the morning light, who tramples down the high places of the land the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies is his name.

American Standard Version

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the Earth-jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

Amplified


For behold, He who forms the mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes the dawn into darkness
And treads on the heights of the earth—
The Lord God of hosts is His name.

Bible in Basic English

For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.

Darby Translation

For behold, he who formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, who maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

Julia Smith Translation

For behold, he forming the mountains and creating the wind, and announcing to man his meditation, making the morning darkness and treading upon the heights of the earth, Jehovah, God of armies his name

King James 2000

For, lo, he that forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares unto man what is his thought, that makes the morning darkness, and treads upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yes, here is the one who forms [the] mountains, and the one who creates the wind, and the one who reveals to humans what his thoughts [are], and the one who treads on the heights of the earth; Yahweh, the God of hosts, [is] his name!"

Modern King James verseion

For lo, He forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what his thought is. He who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth; Jehovah, the God of Hosts, is His name.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For lo, he maketh the mountains, he ordaineth the wind, he showeth man what he is about to do: he maketh the morning and the darkness, he treadeth upon the high places of the earth: the LORD God of hosts is his name.'"

NET Bible

For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The Lord, the God who commands armies, is his name!"

New Heart English Bible

For, behold, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought; who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth: The LORD, the God of Hosts, is his name."

The Emphasized Bible

For lo! He that fashioned the mountains, and created the wind, and who telleth the son of earth what is his thought, who turneth dawn into darkness, and marcheth upon the high places of the earth, Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name!

Webster

For lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth to man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.

World English Bible

For, behold, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought; who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the Earth: Yahweh, the God of Armies, is his name."

Youngs Literal Translation

For, lo, the former of mountains, and creator of wind, And the declarer to man what is His thought, He is making dawn obscurity, And is treading on high places of earth, Jehovah, God of Hosts, is His name!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For, lo, he that formeth
יצר 
Yatsar 
Usage: 62

the mountains
הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

and createth
בּרא 
Bara' 
Usage: 54

the wind
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

and declareth
נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

שׂח 
Seach 
Usage: 1

the morning
שׁחר 
Shachar 
Usage: 24

עיפה 
`eyphah 
Usage: 2

and treadeth
דּרך 
Darak 
Usage: 63

בּמה 
Bamah 
Usage: 103

of the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

The Lord

Usage: 0

The God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

of hosts
צבאה צבא 
Tsaba' 
Usage: 483

References

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Hastings

Context Readings

God's Discipline And Israel's Apostasy

12 Therefore thus I will do to thee, O Israel, [and] because I will do this to thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 13 For, lo, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads upon the high places of the earth--LORD, the God of hosts, is his name.



Cross References

Amos 5:8

[seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (LORD is his name),

Amos 9:6

He who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault upon the earth, he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth, LORD is his name.

Micah 1:3

For, behold, LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

Psalm 65:6

who by his strength sets firm the mountains, being girded about with might,

Isaiah 47:4

Our Redeemer, LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 10:16

The portion of Jacob is not like these. For he is the former of all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. LORD of hosts is his name.

Daniel 2:28

but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets. And he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:

Psalm 135:7

who causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain, who brings forth the wind out of his treasuries,

Psalm 139:2

Thou know my sitting down and my rising up. Thou understand my thought afar off.

Isaiah 40:12

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 10:13

When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains. And, while ye look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.

Amos 3:13

Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, says lord LORD, the God of hosts.

Amos 8:9

And it shall come to pass in that day, says lord LORD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

Exodus 10:22

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days,

Exodus 14:20

And it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. And the cloud and the darkness was there, yet it gave light by night. And the one did not come near the other all the night.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the increase of the field, and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock,

Deuteronomy 33:29

Happy are thou, O Israel. Who is like thee, a people saved by LORD, the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee, and thou shall tread upon their high places.

Job 38:4-11

Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding.

Psalm 147:18

He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Isaiah 5:30

And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if [a man] looks to the land, behold, darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened in the clouds of it.

Isaiah 48:2

(for they call themselves of the holy city, and steady themselves upon the God of Israel, LORD of hosts is his name):

Jeremiah 51:16

When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.

Jeremiah 51:19

The portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the former of all things, and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance. LORD of hosts is his name.

Amos 5:27

Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.

Amos 6:8

Lord LORD has sworn by himself, says LORD, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces, therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is therein.

Habakkuk 3:19

LORD, the Lord, is my strength. And he makes my feet like hinds' [feet], and will make me to walk upon my high places.

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of LORD concerning Israel. [Thus] says LORD, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:

Matthew 9:4

And having known their thoughts Jesus said, Why think ye evil in your hearts?

Luke 7:39-40

But when the Pharisee who invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind the woman is who touches him, that she is sinful.

John 2:25

and because he had no need that any man should testify about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

John 3:8

The wind blows where it will, and thou hear the sound of it, but know not from where it comes, and where it goes. So is every man who is begotten from the Spirit.

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