Inasmuch as there is none like You, O Lord (You are great, and Your 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.
- KJV Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
- BSB There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
- 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
Cross-references · 24
- Exod 15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Ps 96:4For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
- Ps 48:1A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
- Deut 33:26“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.
- Isa 12:6Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”
- Ps 145:3Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! 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 7:22Therefore you are great, Yahweh God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- Ps 147:5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
- Jer 32:18who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name;
- Isa 40:25“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
- Exod 8:10He said, “Tomorrow.” He said, “Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like Yahweh our God.
- Neh 9:32Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, on our priests, on our prophets, on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
- Ps 89:6–8For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
- Deut 32:31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves concede.
- Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- Neh 4:14I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
- Dan 4:34At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
- Ps 86:8–10There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
- Isa 46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.
- Ps 35:10All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”
- Exod 9:14For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
- Isa 40:18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
- Isa 46:5“To whom will you liken me, and consider my equal, and compare me, that we may be equal?
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