All men shall fear, And shall declare the work of God; For they shall wisely consider His doing.
Parallel translations
- WEB All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.
- KJV And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
- BSB Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
- NASB Then all people will fear, And they will declare the work of God, And will consider what He has done.
- NLT Then everyone will be afraid; they will proclaim the mighty acts of God and realize all the amazing things he does.
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People everywhere come to fear God and ponder His mighty acts. It teaches that God's judgments lead others to reverent reflection.
Overview
When God acts, mankind responds with fear and begins to declare and wisely consider His works. God's intervention becomes a public testimony to His justice. The right response to seeing God's deeds is awe and thoughtful worship, the fear of the Lord that is the beginning of wisdom.
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Cross-references · 11
- Jer 51:10‘Yahweh has produced our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.’
- Ps 40:3He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
- Hos 14:9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
- Isa 5:12The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
- Ps 107:42–43The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
- Ps 58:11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
- Jer 50:28Listen to those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his temple.
- Ps 53:5There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
- Ps 119:20My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
- Rev 11:13In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
- Ezek 14:23They will comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; and you will know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it,” says the Lord Yahweh.
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