Parallel Verses

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 King James verseion

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

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 Now men do not see the light that is bright in the skies when the wind passed and cleared them. 22 “Out of the north comes golden splendor;
Around God is awesome majesty.
23 We cannot find the Almighty. He is exalted in power but will not do violence to justice and abundant righteousness.

Cross References

Psalm 104:1

Bless Jehovah with all my being! O Jehovah my God, You are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty.

1 Chronicles 29:11

You are great and powerful, glorious, splendid, and majestic. Everything in heaven and earth is yours, and you, O Jehovah, are king, supreme ruler over all.

Job 40:10

Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor. Clothe yourself in honor and majesty.

Psalm 29:4

The voice of Jehovah is powerful. The voice of Jehovah is glorious.

Psalm 66:5

Come and see the works of God, his awe-inspiring deeds for the sons of men.

Psalm 68:7-8

O God, when you went before your people, when you march through the wilderness,

Psalm 76:12

He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is awesome to the kings of the earth.

Psalm 93:1

Jehovah reigns and he is clothed with majesty. Jehovah has girded himself with strength. The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.

Psalm 145:5

On the glorious splendor of your majesty and on your wonderful works, I will meditate.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind drives away rain. So does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

Isaiah 2:10

Go in among the rocks and hide underground because of Jehovah's terrifying presence and the magnificence of his majesty.

Isaiah 2:19

People will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the ground because of Jehovah's terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth.

Micah 5:4

He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of Jehovah. They will abide in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God! Now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

Nahum 1:3

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power! He will by no means reprieve the guilty (leave them unpunished). Jehovah has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm. The clouds are the dust of his feet.

Habakkuk 3:3-19

God came from Teman. He is the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens! The earth is full of his praise.

Hebrews 1:3

God's Son is the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his being. He sustains all things by his powerful word. After Jesus purged our sins, he sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Hebrews 12:29

Our God is a destroying (consuming) fire.

Jude 1:25

To the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord. There is glory, majesty, dominion, and power, before all time, now, and for evermore, amen.

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