Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.
1 Chronicles 16:26 - English Standard Version 2016 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For all the gods of the people are idols: But the LORD made the heavens. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For all the gods of the people are [lifeless] idols, but the Lord made the heavens. American Standard Version (1901) For all the gods of the peoples are idols: But Jehovah made the heavens. Common English Bible because all the gods of the nations are just idols, but it is the LORD who created heaven! Catholic Public Domain Version For all the gods of the peoples are idols. But the Lord made the heavens. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens. |
Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.
who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the sea;
Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing.
Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:
Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself,
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God.
And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods.
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”
And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”