Psalms 46:6

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“Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.”

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BSBPD

“Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 46:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 7:21Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
  2. Joshua 2:9and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
  3. Joshua 2:11When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
  4. Joshua 2:24“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”
  5. 2 Kings 19:34‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
  6. 2 Chronicles 14:9Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
  7. 2 Chronicles 20:1After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
  8. 2 Chronicles 20:20Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
  9. Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
  10. Psalms 18:13The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
  11. Psalms 68:8the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
  12. Psalms 68:33to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.
  13. Psalms 83:2See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
  14. Psalms 97:5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
  15. Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
  16. Isaiah 8:9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
  17. Isaiah 14:12How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
  18. Isaiah 31:5Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
  19. Isaiah 33:20Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
  20. Isaiah 37:21Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
  21. Isaiah 64:1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
  22. Jeremiah 25:30So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
  23. Ezekiel 48:35The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
  24. Joel 2:11The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?

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