KJV King James Version
Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
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Psalm 45:3
Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
WEB World English Bible
Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.
ASV American Standard Version
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!
Surrounding context — Psalm 45
1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.
2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
3 Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5 Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
6 Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.
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Hebrews 4:12For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.Isaiah 49:2And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;Revelation 1:16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance [was] as the sun shineth in his strength.Revelation 19:15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.Psalm 21:5His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.Psalm 96:6Honour and majesty [are] before him: strength and beauty [are] in his sanctuary.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.Jude 1:25To the only wise God our Saviour, [be] glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.Hebrews 1:3Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;Psalm 104:1Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.Romans 14:9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.Psalm 145:12To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.Psalm 145:5I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.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;Isaiah 9:6-7For 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.Acts 10:36The word which [God] sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)Revelation 19:21And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which [sword] proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
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