Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

Golden splendor comes out of the north; God is awesome in His majesty.

New American Standard Bible

“Out of the north comes golden splendor;
Around God is awesome majesty.

King James Version

Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

Holman Bible

Yet out of the north He comes, shrouded in a golden glow;
awesome majesty surrounds Him.

International Standard Version

From the north he brings gold; around God is awesome splendor.

A Conservative Version

Out of the north comes golden splendor. God has upon him awesome majesty.

American Standard Version

Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty.

Amplified


“Out of the north comes golden splendor [and people can hardly look on it];
Around God is awesome splendor and majesty [far too glorious for man’s eyes].

Bible in Basic English

A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.

Darby Translation

From the north cometh gold; with +God is terrible majesty.

Julia Smith Translation

From the north, gold shall come: upon God terrible majesty.

King James 2000

Fair weather comes out of the north: with God is awesome majesty.

Lexham Expanded Bible

From [the] north comes gold-- awesome majesty [is] around God.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Gold is brought out of the North, but the praise and honour of God's fear cometh from God himself.

NET Bible

From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

New Heart English Bible

Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.

The Emphasized Bible

Out of the north, a golden light cometh, Upon GOD, is fearful splendour:

Webster

Fair weather cometh from the north: with God is terrible majesty.

World English Bible

Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.

Youngs Literal Translation

From the golden north it cometh, Beside God is fearful honour.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
זהב 
Zahab 
Usage: 390

אתא אתה 
'athah 
Usage: 21

out of the north
צפן צפון 
Tsaphown 
Usage: 153

with God
אלהּ אלוהּ 
'elowahh 
God, god
Usage: 57

References

American

Fausets

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Majesty

21 And now men cannot look upon the light; it is in the clouds; but the wind passes and clears them. 22 Golden splendor comes out of the north; God is awesome in His majesty. 23 The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, is exalted in power; and to judgment and overflowing righteousness He does no violence.

Cross References

Psalm 104:1

Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, You are very great; You have put on honor and majesty,

1 Chronicles 29:11

O Jehovah, Yours is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty. For all in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and You lift up Yourself to all as Head.

Job 40:10

Adorn yourself now with majesty and grandeur, and with glory and honor clothe yourself.

Psalm 29:4

The voice of Jehovah is in power, the voice of Jehovah is in majesty.

Psalm 66:5

Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of men.

Psalm 68:7-8

O God, when You marched before Your people, when You walked through the wilderness; Selah.

Psalm 76:12

He shall cut off the spirit in princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.

Psalm 93:1

Jehovah reigns, He is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength. He clothed Himself and the world is established; it shall not be shaken.

Psalm 145:5

I will speak of the glorious honor of Your majesty, and of Your wonderful works.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind drives away rain; so does an angry face a backbiting tongue.

Isaiah 2:10

Enter into the rock and hide in the dust for fear of Jehovah, and for the glory of His majesty.

Isaiah 2:19

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth for fear of Jehovah and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.

Micah 5:4

And He shall stand and feed in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah His God. And they shall sit, for now He shall be great to the ends of the earth.

Nahum 1:3

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power. And He does not by any means acquit the guilty. Jehovah has His way in the tempest and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.

Habakkuk 3:3-19

God comes from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covers the heavens, and His praise fills the earth.

Hebrews 1:3

who being the shining splendor of His glory, and the express image of His essence, and upholding all things by the word of His power, through Himself cleansing of our sins, He sat down on the right of the Majesty on high,

Hebrews 12:29

for also, "Our God is a consuming fire."

Jude 1:25

to the only wise God, our Savior, be glory and majesty and might and authority, even now and forever. Amen.

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