KJV King James Version
Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
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Psalm 24:8
Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
WEB World English Bible
Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle.
ASV American Standard Version
Who is the King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who is this—‘the king of glory?’ Jehovah—strong and mighty, Jehovah, the mighty in battle.
Surrounding context — Psalm 24
5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift [them] up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King of glory. Selah.
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Exodus 15:3The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name.Revelation 19:11-21And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.Revelation 6:2And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.Isaiah 63:1-6Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this [that is] glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.Colossians 2:15[And] having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.Psalm 45:3-6Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.Psalm 93:1The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, [wherewith] he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Psalm 50:1A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.Isaiah 19:24-25In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, [even] a blessing in the midst of the land:Psalm 76:3-6There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
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