Psalms 46:10

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““Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.””

What this verse means

“Be still, and know that I am God” calls us to stop our anxious striving and rest in the truth that God is in control. It is a summons to trust, spoken in the middle of a psalm about chaos and upheaval.

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““Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.””

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“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

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“Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 46:10 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
  2. Joshua 11:6Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
  3. Joshua 11:9Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
  4. 1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
  5. 1 Samuel 17:46This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
  6. 1 Kings 18:36At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
  7. 2 Kings 6:23So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
  8. 2 Kings 19:12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
  9. 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
  10. Psalms 21:13Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
  11. Psalms 37:15But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
  12. Psalms 57:5Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
  13. Psalms 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
  14. Psalms 100:3Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
  15. Isaiah 2:4Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
  16. Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
  17. Isaiah 2:17So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
  18. Isaiah 5:16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
  19. Jeremiah 49:35This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
  20. Ezekiel 30:8Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.
  21. Ezekiel 38:23I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  22. Ezekiel 39:3Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
  23. Micah 4:3Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
  24. Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

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