Yahweh’s voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, “Glory!”
Parallel translations
- KJV The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
- BSB The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
- NKJV The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth, And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!”
- NASB The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everything says, “Glory!”
- NLT The voice of the Lord twists mighty oaks and strips the forests bare. In his Temple everyone shouts, “Glory!”
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Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 46:2–5Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
- Ps 26:8Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
- Ps 48:9We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.
- Ezek 20:46–48“Son of man, set your face toward the south, and preach toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
- Job 39:1–3“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
- Ps 135:1–2Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh’s name! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh,
- Isa 9:18For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
- Ps 134:1–2A Song of Ascents. Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh, who stand by night in Yahweh’s house!
- Isa 10:18–19He will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.
- Ps 63:2So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
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