Psalm 47:2 “How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!”

Psalm 47:2

How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For the LORD Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For the Lord is high, and terrible: a great King ouer all the earth.

Darby Translation

For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.

Young's Literal Translation

For Jehovah Most High [is] fearful, A great king over all the earth.

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth.

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Cross references

“is terrible”

Psalm 99:3 Psalm 66:3–5 Psalm 68:35 Deuteronomy 7:21 Psalm 65:5 Nehemiah 1:5

Psalm 99:3 · BSB

Let them praise Your great and awesome name— He is holy!

Psalm 66:3–5 · BSB

Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.

Psalm 68:35 · BSB

O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!

Deuteronomy 7:21 · BSB

Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

Psalm 65:5 · BSB

With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.

Nehemiah 1:5 · BSB

Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

“a great”

Psalm 95:3 Malachi 1:14 Psalm 47:7 Matthew 28:18 Psalm 22:27–29 Philippians 2:9–11

Psalm 95:3 · BSB

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

Malachi 1:14 · BSB

“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among t…

Psalm 47:7 · BSB

For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise.

Matthew 28:18 · BSB

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

Psalm 22:27–29 · BSB

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

Philippians 2:9–11 · BSB

Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,

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

In context

1Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.

3He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.

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