Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Come, behold the works of LORD, what desolations he has made in the earth.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
Holman Bible
who brings devastation on the earth.
International Standard Version
Come, observe the mighty works of the LORD, who causes desolation in the earth.
American Standard Version
Come, behold the works of Jehovah, What desolations he hath made in the earth.
Amplified
Come, behold the works of the Lord,
Who has brought desolations and wonders on the earth.
Bible in Basic English
Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth.
Darby Translation
Come, behold the works of Jehovah, what desolations he hath made in the earth:
Julia Smith Translation
Come, behold the works of Jehovah, what desolations he set in the earth.
King James 2000
Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he has made in the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Come, see the works of Yahweh, who has placed desolations on the earth.
Modern King James verseion
Come, behold the works of Jehovah, who makes ruins on the earth;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O come hither, and behold the works of the LORD, what destructions he hath brought upon the earth.
NET Bible
Come! Witness the exploits of the Lord, who brings devastation to the earth!
New Heart English Bible
Come, see the LORD's works, what desolations he has made in the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
Come! view the doings of Yahweh, - Who hath set desolations in the earth;
Webster
Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
World English Bible
Come, see Yahweh's works, what desolations he has made in the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 46:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Refuge
7 LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 8 Come, behold the works of LORD, what desolations he has made in the earth. 9 He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in two. He burns the chariots in the fire.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 66:5
Come, and see the works of God, awesome in actions toward the sons of men.
Exodus 10:7
And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve LORD their God. Do thou not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?
Exodus 12:30
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
Exodus 14:30-31
Thus LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.
Numbers 23:23
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God wrought!
Joshua 11:20
For it was of LORD to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them as LORD commanded Moses.
2 Chronicles 20:23-24
For the sons of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to slay and destroy them utterly. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another [of themselves].
Psalm 92:4-6
For thou, LORD, have made me glad through thy work. I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Psalm 111:2-3
The works of LORD are great, sought out by all those who have pleasure in it.
Isaiah 24:1
Behold, LORD makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants of it.
Isaiah 34:2-17
For LORD has indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host. He has utterly destroyed them. He has delivered them to the slaughter.
Isaiah 61:4
And they shall build the old wastes. They shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.