Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
Parallel translations
- WEB There is no one like you, Yahweh. you are great, and your name is great in might.
- BSB There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
- NKJV Inasmuch as there is none like You, O Lord (You are great, and Your name is great in might),
- NASB ¶There is none like You, Lord; You are great, and Your name is great in might.
- NLT Lord, there is no one like you! For you are great, and your name is full of power.
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Quick answer
There is none like Yahweh, whose name is great in might. He stands utterly above all idols.
Overview
In contrast to lifeless idols, the prophet bursts into praise of Yahweh's incomparable greatness and powerful name. The verse turns from polemic to worship, exalting the uniqueness of the true God. Such adoration is the fitting response to seeing idols for what they are, and it anticipates the universal acknowledgment of God's supremacy revealed fully in Christ, who bears the name above every name.
Cross-references & the web
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- Exod 15:11Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Ps 96:4For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
- Ps 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
- Deut 33:26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- Isa 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
- Ps 145:3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
- Dan 4:3How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
- 2 Sam 7:22Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- Ps 147:5Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
- Jer 32:18Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
- Isa 40:25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
- Exod 8:10And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
- Neh 9:32Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
- Ps 89:6–8For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
- Deut 32:31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
- Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Neh 4:14And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
- Dan 4:34And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
- Ps 86:8–10Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
- Isa 46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
- Ps 35:10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
- Exod 9:14For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
- Isa 40:18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- Isa 46:5To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
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