KJV King James Version
Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
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Deuteronomy 32:3
Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!
WEB World English Bible
For I will proclaim the name of Yahweh. Ascribe greatness to our God!
ASV American Standard Version
For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God!
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 32
1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
4 [He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.
5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.
6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
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Jeremiah 10:6Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.Psalm 150:2Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.Ephesians 1:19And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,Deuteronomy 5:24And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.John 17:26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare [it]: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.John 17:6I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.Exodus 33:19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.Deuteronomy 3:24O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God [is there] in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?Matthew 1:23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.1 Chronicles 29:11Thine, O LORD, [is] the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all [that is] in the heaven and in the earth [is thine]; thine [is] the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.Jeremiah 23:6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this [is] his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.Exodus 6:3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.Psalm 89:16-18In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.Exodus 3:13-16And Moses said unto God, Behold, [when] I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What [is] his name? what shall I say unto them?1 Chronicles 17:19O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all [these] great things.Psalm 29:1-2A Psalm of David. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.Psalm 105:1-5O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.Exodus 20:24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
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