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Psalms 46:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Though its waters roar [and] foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— [Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. [Selah]
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— [Though] its waters shall roar [and] be disturbed, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling of it. Selah.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Though the waters thereof roar [and] foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The waters thereof roar and foam, The mountains tremble with the swelling thereof [Selah.]
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Roar—troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Their waters roared and were troubled: the mountains were troubled with his strength.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Though the waters thereof rage and be troubled, and the mountaines shake at the surges of the same. Selah,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— [Though] the waters thereof roare, and be troubled, though the mountaines shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the force thereof.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Their waters have roared and been troubled, the mountains have been troubled by his might. Pause.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— [Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
[Though] the waters 4325
{4325} Prime
מַיִם
mayim
{mah'-yim}
Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen.
thereof roar 1993
{1993} Prime
הָמָה
hamah
{haw-maw'}
A primitive root (compare H1949); to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
[and] be troubled, 2560
{2560} Prime
חָמַר
chamar
{khaw-mar'}
A primitive root; properly to boil up; hence to ferment (with scum); to glow (with redness); as denominative (from H2564) to smear with pitch.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
[though] the mountains 2022
{2022} Prime
הַר
har
{har}
A shortened form of H2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively).
shake 7493
{7493} Prime
רָעַשׁ
ra`ash
{raw-ash'}
A primitive root; to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically to spring (as a locust).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
with the swelling 1346
{1346} Prime
גַּאֲוָה
ga`avah
{gah-av-aw'}
From H1342; arrogance or majesty; by implication (concretely) ornament.
thereof. Selà סֶלָה. 5542
{5542} Prime
סֶלָה
celah
{seh'-law}
From H5541; suspension (of music), that is, pause.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 46:2-3.


Psalms 46:3

_ _ swelling — well represents the pride and haughtiness of insolent foes.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 46:1-5.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 46:3

[Though] the waters thereof (d) roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

(d) Though the afflictions rage, yet the rivers of God's mercies bring sufficient comfort to his.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
the waters:

Psalms 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Psalms 93:3-4 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. ... The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, [yea, than] the mighty waves of the sea.
Job 38:11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Isaiah 5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
Isaiah 17:12-13 Woe to the multitude of many people, [which] make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, [that] make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! ... The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but [God] shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
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?
Matthew 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Revelation 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

mountains:

Psalms 114:4-7 The mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs. ... Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Judges 5:4-5 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. ... The mountains melted from before the LORD, [even] that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
1 Kings 19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; [but] the LORD [was] not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; [but] the LORD [was] not in the earthquake:
Job 9:5-6 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. ... Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
Jeremiah 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Micah 1:4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, [and] as the waters [that are] poured down a steep place.
Nahum 1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Revelation 16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jg 5:4. 1K 19:11. Jb 9:5; 38:11. Ps 18:4; 93:3; 114:4. Is 5:3; 17:12. Jr 4:24; 5:22. Mi 1:4. Na 1:5. Mt 7:25. Rv 16:20; 17:15.

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