Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee.
New American Standard Bible
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will
King James Version
Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Holman Bible
Your enemies will cringe before You
because of Your great strength.
International Standard Version
Say to God: "How awesome are your works! Because of your great strength your enemies cringe before you."
A Conservative Version
Say to God, How awesome are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee.
American Standard Version
Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Amplified
Say to God, “How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to be obedient to You.
Bible in Basic English
Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.
Julia Smith Translation
Say to God, How terrible thy works! in the multitude of thy strength thine enemies shall lie to thee.
King James 2000
Say unto God, How awesome are you in your works! through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves unto you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Say to God, "How awesome are your works! Because of the greatness of your strength, your enemies will cringe before you.
Modern King James verseion
Say to God, How awesome are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power, Your enemies pretend obedience to You.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Say unto God, "O how wonderful are thy works? Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee.
NET Bible
Say to God: "How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.
New Heart English Bible
Tell God, "How awesome are your deeds. Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
The Emphasized Bible
Say unto God - How fearful in thy doings, Through the abounding of thy power, shall thy foes come cringing unto thee;
Webster
Say to God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thy enemies submit themselves to thee.
World English Bible
Tell God, "How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Say to God, 'How fearful are Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee.
Themes
Government » How long the lord will reign
Nations » God beholding the nations
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 66:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For God's Mighty Acts
2 Sing forth the glory of his name, make his praise glorious; 3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee. 4 All the earth shall worship thee, and sing psalms unto thee: they shall sing forth thy name. Selah.
Cross References
Psalm 18:44
At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.
Psalm 65:5
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, thou confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the distant regions of the sea. ...
Judges 5:2-4
"That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless the LORD!
Psalm 47:2
For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.
Psalm 81:15
The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.
Exodus 15:1-16
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to Jehovah, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Exodus 15:21
And Miriam answered them, Sing to Jehovah, for he is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Judges 5:20-22
From heaven fought the stars, from their courses they fought against Sis'era.
Psalm 22:28-29
For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.
Psalm 68:30
Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the assembly of the strong, with the calves of the peoples: every one submitteth himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples that delight in war.
Psalm 76:12
He cutteth off the spirit of princes; he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
Psalm 78:35-36
And they remembered that God was their rock, and God, the Most High, their redeemer.
Isaiah 2:19
And they shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall arise to terrify the earth.
Isaiah 64:3
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, and the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
Jeremiah 10:10
But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.