Above the roar of many waters—the mighty breakers of the sea—the LORD on high is majestic.
Parallel translations
- WEB Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.
- KJV The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
- NKJV The Lord on high is mightier Than the noise of many waters, Than the mighty waves of the sea.
- NASB More than the sounds of many waters, Than the mighty breakers of the sea, The Lord on high is mighty.
- NLT But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore— the Lord above is mightier than these!
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Quick answer
Mightier than the thunder of great waters and breakers of the sea is the LORD on high. God's power surpasses every threatening force.
Overview
However loud and powerful the chaotic waters of verse 3, the LORD enthroned on high is mightier still. His sovereignty is never in doubt before the most fearsome forces. Christ demonstrated this very authority when He stilled the storm, revealing the LORD in the flesh (Mark 4:39-41).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- Ps 89:9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
- Job 38:11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
- Ps 114:3–5The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
- Mark 4:37–39Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.
- Jer 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
- Ps 92:8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
- Ps 89:6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
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