Psalm 47:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² For the LORD Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² For the LORD most high is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² For the Lord Most High excites terror, awe, and dread; He is a great King over all the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

² For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.

Common English Bible

² Because the LORD Most High is awesome, he is the great king of the whole world.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy, in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

Psalm 47:2 Cross References

Nehemiah 1:5

and said, I beseech thee, O LORD, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments:

Psalm 145:6

And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; And I will declare thy greatness.

Psalm 47:7

For God is the King of all the earth: Sing ye praises with understanding.

Psalm 65:5

By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation; Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of them that are afar off upon the sea:

Psalm 68:35

O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto his people Blessed be God.

Psalm 76:12

He shall cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth.

Psalm 95:3

For the LORD is a great God, And a great King above all gods.

Psalm 99:3

Let them praise thy great and terrible name: Holy is he.

Malachi 1:14

But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing: for I am a great king, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.

Matthew 28:18

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth.

Deuteronomy 28:58

If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD

Deuteronomy 7:21

Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a great God and a terrible.