Psalms 46:6
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
- KJV
- The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
- WEB
- The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.
- ASV
- The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
- DARBY
- The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
- BLB
- The nations raged, the kingdoms were shaken; He has given forth with His voice; the earth melts.
- ÅB
- Folkeferd bruste, riker ble rokket; han lot sin røst høre, jorden smeltet.
- OTB
- Folkene var i opprør, rikene vaklet;
Han hevet sin røst, og jorden smeltet. - B1930
- Folkeferd bruste, riker blev rokket; han lot sin røst høre, jorden smeltet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Amos 9:5
And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Read in contextPsalms 18:13
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
Read in contextNahum 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.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:5–6
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
Read in contextMicah 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.
Read in contextAmos 9:13
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Read in contextJoel 2:11
And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Read in contextPsalms 2:1–4
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Read in context