KJV King James Version
The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, [yea, than] the mighty waves of the sea.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 93:4
The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, [yea, than] the mighty waves of the sea.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Above the roar of many waters—the mighty breakers of the sea—the LORD on high is majestic.
WEB World English Bible
Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.
ASV American Standard Version
Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Than the voices of many mighty waters, Breakers of a sea, mighty on high is Jehovah,
Surrounding context — Psalm 93
1 The 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.
2 Thy throne [is] established of old: thou [art] from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
4 The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, [yea, than] the mighty waves of the sea.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
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Psalm 65:7Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.Psalm 89:9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?Psalm 114:3-5The sea saw [it], and fled: Jordan was driven back.Mark 4:37-39And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand [for] the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?Psalm 92:8But thou, LORD, [art most] high for evermore.Psalm 89:6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
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