They will speak of the glory of your kingdom; they will give examples of your power.
Parallel translations
- WEB They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power;
- KJV They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
- BSB They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,
- NKJV They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, And talk of Your power,
- NASB They will speak of the glory of Your kingdom, And talk of Your might,
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God's people speak of the glory and power of His kingdom. They make His sovereign reign the subject of their testimony.
Overview
The faithful do not keep silent but proclaim the splendor and might of God's rule. This kingdom-talk is central to biblical worship and witness. Jesus made the kingdom of God the heart of His preaching, inaugurating that reign through His ministry, death, and resurrection (Mark 1:15).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 45:6–7Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
- Isa 9:6–7For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Ps 93:1–2Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.
- 1 Chr 29:11–12Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
- Dan 7:13–14I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
- Rev 11:15–17The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
- Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Ps 99:1–4Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.
- Ps 2:6–8“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
- Ps 72:1–20By Solomon. God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
- Rev 5:12–13saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”
- Ps 96:10Say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns.” The world is also established. It can’t be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.
- Isa 33:21–22But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.
- Isa 24:23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.
- Mark 11:9–10Those who went in front, and those who followed, cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
- Matt 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
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