Psalm 46:6 “Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voic…”

Psalm 46:6

Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

World English Bible

The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.

American Standard Version

The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Geneva Bible 1599

When the nations raged, and the kingdomes were moued, God thundred, and the earth melted.

Darby Translation

The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Young's Literal Translation

Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.

Bible in Basic English

The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.

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Cross references

“heathen”

Psalm 2:1–4 Psalm 83:2–8 2 Chronicles 14:9–13 2 Chronicles 20:1 2 Chronicles 20:20–24 Isaiah 37:21–36

Psalm 2:1–4 · BSB

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalm 83:2–8 · BSB

See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

2 Chronicles 14:9–13 · BSB

Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 20:1 · BSB

After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

2 Chronicles 20:20–24 · BSB

Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; beli…

Isaiah 37:21–36 · BSB

Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,

“kingdoms”

Isaiah 14:12–16

Isaiah 14:12–16 · BSB

How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.

“earth”

Amos 9:5 Nahum 1:5 Amos 9:13 2 Peter 3:10–12 Psalm 68:8 Psalm 97:5

Amos 9:5 · BSB

The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—

Nahum 1:5 · BSB

The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

Amos 9:13 · BSB

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.

2 Peter 3:10–12 · BSB

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

Psalm 68:8 · BSB

the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

Psalm 97:5 · BSB

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

Also

Psalm 18:13 Micah 1:4 Joel 2:11 Psalm 68:33 Amos 1:2 Jeremiah 25:30

Psalm 18:13 · BSB

The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.

Micah 1:4 · BSB

The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

Joel 2:11 · BSB

The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?

Psalm 68:33 · BSB

to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.

Amos 1:2 · BSB

He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”

Jeremiah 25:30 · BSB

So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grap…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

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