Psalms 76:8
What does Psalms 76:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 76:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862From heaven Thou hast sounded judgment, Earth hath feared, and hath been still,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Will God then cast off for ever? or will he never be more favourable again?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from the heavens; the earth feared, and was still,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
- Exodus 19:10
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments,
- Judges 5:20
From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera.
- 1 Chronicles 16:30
Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved.
- Habakkuk 2:20
But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
- Ezekiel 38:20
so that the fishes of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
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