Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies.
Parallel translations
- KJV Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
- BSB Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies.
- NKJV Ascribe strength to God; His excellence is over Israel, And His strength is in the clouds.
- NASB Ascribe strength to God; His majesty is over Israel, And His strength is in the skies.
- NLT Tell everyone about God’s power. His majesty shines down on Israel; his strength is mighty in the heavens.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 2 Pet 1:17For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
- Rev 19:6I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!
- 1 Chr 16:28–29Ascribe to Yahweh, you relatives of the peoples, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength!
- Ps 150:1Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
- Ps 96:6–8Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
- Deut 33:26“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.
- Ps 29:1–2A Psalm by David. Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
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