Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

New American Standard Bible

The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;
He raised His voice, the earth melted.

King James Version

The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Holman Bible

Nations rage, kingdoms topple;
the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

International Standard Version

The nations roared; the kingdoms were shaken. His voice boomed; the earth melts.

A Conservative Version

The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved, he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

American Standard Version

The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Amplified


The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered and were moved;
He raised His voice, the earth melted.

Bible in Basic English

The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.

Julia Smith Translation

Nations raged, kingdoms were moved: he gave with his voice, the earth will melt

King James 2000

The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Nations roar, kingdoms shake; he utters his voice, [the] earth melts.

Modern King James verseion

The nations raged, the kingdoms were shaken; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved; but God hath showed his voice, and the earth shall melt away.

NET Bible

Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown. God gives a shout, the earth dissolves.

New Heart English Bible

The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted.

The Emphasized Bible

Nations have roared, Kingdoms have tottered, He hath uttered his voice, Earth melteth.

Webster

The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

World English Bible

The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted.

Youngs Literal Translation

Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.

Verse Info

Context Readings

God Our Refuge

5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her at the dawn of the morning. 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.

Cross References

Amos 9:5

And the Lord Jehovah of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall wholly rise up like the Nile, and sink down as the river of Egypt.

Joshua 2:9

and said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given you the land, and that the dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

Joshua 2:24

And they said to Joshua, Of a surety Jehovah has given the whole land into our hands, and even all the inhabitants of the land faint because of us.

Nahum 1:5

The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt, and the earth is upheaved at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.

Joshua 2:11

We heard of it, and our heart melted, and there remained no more spirit in any man because of you; for Jehovah your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.

2 Chronicles 14:9-13

And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against him with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 20:1

And it came to pass after this that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them certain of the Maonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

2 Chronicles 20:20-24

And they rose early in the morning, and went forth towards the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Jehovah your God, and ye shall be established; believe his prophets, and ye shall prosper!

Psalm 2:1-4

Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?

Psalm 18:13

And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.

Psalm 68:8

The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, yon Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Psalm 68:33

Of him that rideth upon the heavens, the heavens which are of old: lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.

Psalm 83:2-8

For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.

Psalm 97:5

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Isaiah 8:9-10

Rage, ye peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth: Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces!

Isaiah 14:12-16

How art thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning! Thou art cut down to the ground, that didst prostrate the nations!

Isaiah 37:21-36

And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,

Isaiah 64:1-2

Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

Jeremiah 25:30

And thou, prophesy unto them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar upon his dwelling-place, he will give a shout, as they that tread the vintage, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

Joel 2:11

And Jehovah uttereth his voice before his army; for his camp is very great; for strong is he that executeth his word: for the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can bear it?

Amos 1:2

And he said, Jehovah roareth from Zion, and uttereth his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withereth.

Amos 9:13

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop new wine, and all the hills shall melt.

Micah 1:4

And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters poured down a steep place.

Habakkuk 3:5-6

Before him went the pestilence, And a burning flame went forth at his feet.

Habakkuk 3:10-11

The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high.

2 Peter 3:10-12

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

Revelation 6:13-14

and the stars of heaven fell upon the earth, as a fig tree, shaken by a great wind, casts its unseasonable figs.

Revelation 20:11

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and place was not found for them.

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