1 Chronicles 16:25
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
1 Chronicles 16:25 in other translations
| BSB | For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. |
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| WEB | For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods. |
| ASV | For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods. |
| YLT | For great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, And fearful He is above all gods. |
| DARBY | For Jehovah is great, and exceedingly to be praised; And he is terrible above allgods. |
| BBE | For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and he is more to be feared than all other gods. |
| Webster | For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods. |
What does 1 Chronicles 16:25 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 16:7-36
Let God be glorified in our praises. Let others be edified and taught, that strangers to him may be led to adore him. Let us ourselves triumph and trust in God. Those that give glory to God's name are allowed to glory in it. Let the everlasting covenant be the great matter of our joy his people of old, be remembered by us with thankfulness to him. Show forth from day to day his salvation, his promised salvation by…
1 Chronicles 16:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 16:25
- Revelation 15:3-4
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
- Psalms 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
- Psalms 66:3-5
Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
- Jeremiah 10:6-10
Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. …
- Psalms 144:3-6
Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
- Psalms 76:7
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
- Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Isaiah 40:12-17
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. …
- Jeremiah 5:22
Fear 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?
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 16:24
Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
- 1 Chronicles 16:25
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
- 1 Chronicles 16:26
For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.
1 Chronicles 16:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque grande es Jehová, y digno de ser grandemente loado, y de ser temido sobre todos los dioses. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car l’ Éternel est grand et fort digne de louange, et il est terrible par-dessus tous les dieux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn groß ist Jehova und sehr zu loben, und furchtbar ist er über alle Götter. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quia magnus Dominus, et laudabilis nimis, et horribilis super omnes deos. |