For I know that Yahweh is great, that our Lord is above all gods.
Parallel translations
- KJV For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
- BSB For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.
- NKJV For I know that the Lord is great, And our Lord is above all gods.
- NASB ¶For I know that the Lord is great And that our Lord is above all gods.
- NLT I know the greatness of the Lord— that our Lord is greater than any other god.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 95:3For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.
- Deut 10:17For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor takes reward.
- Ps 97:9For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far 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.
- Ps 86:8–10There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
- Dan 6:26–27I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even to the end.
- Dan 3:29Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort.
- Isa 40:25“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
- Isa 40:22It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;
- Ps 89:6For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
- Ps 96:4–5For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
- Jer 10:10–11But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to withstand his indignation.
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