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Psalms 145:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is unsearchable.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness [is] unsearchable.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness [is] unsearchable.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Great is Jehovah, and exceedingly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Great is Yahweh—and worthy to be heartily praised, And, his greatness, is unsearchable.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, And of His greatness there is no searching.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Great is the Lord, and most worthy to be praysed, and his greatnes is incomprehensible.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised: and his greatnes is vnsearchable.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Great is our LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and there is no end to his greatness.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Great [is] Yahweh, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness [is] unsearchable.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Great 1419
{1419} Prime
גָּדוֹל
gadowl
{gaw-dole'}
From H1431; great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent.
[is] Yähwè יָהוֶה, 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
and greatly 3966
{3966} Prime
מְאֹד
m@`od
{meh-ode'}
From the same as H0181; properly vehemence, that is, (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated).
to be praised; 1984
{1984} Prime
הָלַל
halal
{haw-lal'}
A primitive root; to be clear (originally of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence to make a show; to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively to celebrate; also to stultify.
z8794
<8794> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 194
and his greatness 1420
{1420} Prime
גְּדוּלָּה
g@duwlah
{ghed-oo-law'}
Feminine of H1419; greatness; (concretely) mighty acts.
[is] unsearchable. 2714
{2714} Prime
חֵקֶר
cheqer
{khay'-ker}
From H2713; examination, enumeration, deliberation.
x369
(0369) Complement
אַיִן
'ayin
{ah'-yin}
As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 145:3

_ _ (Compare Psalms 18:3; Psalms 48:1).

_ _ greatness — as displayed in His works.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 145:1-9.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 145:3

(b) Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness [is] unsearchable.

(b) By this he declares that all power is subject to God, and that no worldly promotion should obscure God's glory.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Great:

Psalms 48:1 [[A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah.]] Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.
Psalms 96:4 For the LORD [is] great, and greatly to be praised: he [is] to be feared above all gods.
Psalms 147:5 Great [is] our Lord, and of great power: his understanding [is] infinite.
Job 5:9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Job 9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
Revelation 15:3 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.

and his greatness is unsearchable:
Heb. and of his greatness there is no search,
Psalms 139:6 [Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
Job 5:9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Job 9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
Job 11:7-9 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? ... The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Job 26:14 Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.
Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jb 5:9; 9:10; 11:7; 26:14. Ps 48:1; 96:4; 139:6; 147:5. Is 40:28. Ro 11:33. Rv 15:3.

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