Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.
Parallel translations
- KJV O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
- BSB Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.
- NKJV Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.
- NASB Worship the Lord in holy attire; Tremble before Him, all the earth.
- NLT Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor. Let all the earth tremble before him.
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- Ps 29:2Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Worship Yahweh in holy array.
- Ps 114:7Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- Ps 110:3Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
- Dan 11:45He shall plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one shall help him.
- Ps 33:8Let all the earth fear Yahweh. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
- Ps 76:11Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
- Ezek 7:20As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein. Therefore I have made it to them as an unclean thing.
- Luke 21:5–6As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
- Ezra 7:27Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;
- Ps 76:7You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
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