Psalms 99:1
What does Psalms 99:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 99:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Jehovah reigneth; let the peoples tremble: He sitteth above the cherubim; let the earth be moved.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Jehovah reigneth; let the peoples tremble: He sitteth above the cherubim; let the earth be moved.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Jehovah hath reigned, peoples tremble, The Inhabitant of the cherubs, the earth shaketh.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A psalm of praise.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth [between the] cherubim: let the earth be moved.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2Jehovah is great in Zion; And he is high above all the peoples.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 18:10
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
- Isaiah 19:14
Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
- Revelation 6:14
And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
- Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.
- Jeremiah 4:24
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
- Luke 19:12
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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