KJV King James Version
His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
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Psalm 21:5
His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
WEB World English Bible
His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.
ASV American Standard Version
His glory is great in thy salvation: Honor and majesty dost thou lay upon him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Great is his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him.
Surrounding context — Psalm 21
2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4 He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.
5 His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
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1 Peter 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.Hebrews 8:1Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;John 17:22And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:Ephesians 1:20-22Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places],Revelation 5:8-13And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.Isaiah 49:5-7And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb [to be] his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.Matthew 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.Psalm 110:1A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.Psalm 62:7In God [is] my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my refuge, [is] in God.1 Chronicles 17:11-15And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go [to be] with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.2 Samuel 7:19And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And [is] this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?Psalm 3:3But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.2 Samuel 7:8-9Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:John 17:1These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:1 Chronicles 17:27Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and [it shall be] blessed for ever.Isaiah 63:1Who [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.Psalm 8:5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
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