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Bible in Basic English

O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

New American Standard Bible

Be exalted above the heavens, O God;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.

King James Version

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

Holman Bible

God, be exalted above the heavens;
let Your glory be over the whole earth.

International Standard Version

Be exalted above the heavens, God! May your glory cover the earth!

A Conservative Version

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, thy glory above all the earth.

American Standard Version

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; Let thy glory be above all the earth.

Amplified


Be exalted above the heavens, O God;
Let Your glory and majesty be over all the earth.

Darby Translation

Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!

Julia Smith Translation

Be exalted above the heavens, O God; above all the earth thy glory.

King James 2000

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be above all the earth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Be exalted above the heavens, O God. [Let] your glory [be] above all the earth.

Modern King James verseion

Be praised above the heavens, O God; let Your glory be above all the earth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.

NET Bible

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

New Heart English Bible

Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be above all the earth.

The Emphasized Bible

Be exalted Above the Heavens, O God, Above all the earth, thy glory!

Webster

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

World English Bible

Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!

Youngs Literal Translation

Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, Above all the earth Thine honour.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Praise For God's Protection

4 My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword. 5 O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. 6 They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

Cross References

Psalm 57:11

Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth.

Numbers 14:21

But truly, as I am living, and as all the earth will be full of the glory of the Lord;

1 Chronicles 29:1

And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.

Psalm 8:1

O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 21:13

Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.

Psalm 72:19

Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it.

Psalm 113:4-6

The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.

Psalm 148:13

Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven.

Isaiah 2:11

The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

Isaiah 2:17

And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

Isaiah 6:3

And one said in a loud voice to another, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of armies: all the earth is full of his glory.

Isaiah 12:4

And in that day you will say, Give praise to the Lord, let his name be honoured, give word of his doings among the peoples, say that his name is lifted up.

Isaiah 37:20

But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hand, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you, and you only, are the Lord.

Habakkuk 2:14

For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.

Habakkuk 3:3

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. The heavens were covered with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise.

Matthew 6:9-10

Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

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