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The God of glory thunders. The LORD thunders over the mighty sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD <i>is</i> upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD <i>is</i> upon many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD <i>is</i> over the waters; The God of glory thunders; The LORD <i>is</i> over many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is on the waters; The God of glory thunders, The LORD is over many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, The LORD is over many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, The LORD is over many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The voice of Yahweh is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, Yahweh is over many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders; The LORD is over many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is above the waters. The God of glory thunders — the LORD, above the vast water,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is above the waters. The God of glory thunders— the LORD, above vast waters, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD echoes over the oceans. The glorious LORD God thunders above the roar of the raging sea, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth, even the LORD upon many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD rolls over the water. The God of glory thunders. The LORD shouts over raging water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is heard on the seas; the glorious God thunders, and his voice echoes over the ocean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD was heard above the waters; the God of glory thundered; the LORD was heard over many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD's shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the LORD appears over the surging water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even the LORD on many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh’s voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The voice of YHWH [is] on the waters, "" The God of glory has thundered, "" YHWH [is] on many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The voice of Jehovah is on the waters, The God of glory hath thundered, Jehovah is on many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The voice of Jehovah upon the waters: the God of glory thundered: Jehovah upon many waters.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 28:3>The voice of the Lord is over the waters. The God of majesty has thundered. The Lord is over many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over the mighty waters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over mighty waters.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is upon many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The voice of LORD JEHOVAH is upon the waters; the glorious God thundered: LORD JEHOVAH, upon the many waters.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thundereth, Even the LORD upon many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon many waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/29-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=3001" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/29.htm">Ascribe Glory to the LORD</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: qō·wl (N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">The voice</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">is over</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ham·mā·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">the waters;</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl- (N-msc) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3519.htm" title="3519: hak·kā·ḇō·wḏ (Art:: N-ms) -- Rarely kabod; from kabad; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.">of glory</a> <a href="/hebrew/7481.htm" title="7481: hir·‘îm (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To thunder. A primitive root; to tumble, i.e. Be violently agitated; specifically, to crash; figuratively, to irritate.">thunders;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">is heard over</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bîm (Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">many</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">waters.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/37-4.htm">Job 37:4-5</a></span><br />Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds. / God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/10-3.htm">Revelation 10:3-4</a></span><br />Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices. / When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/1-24.htm">Ezekiel 1:24</a></span><br />When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Isaiah 30:30</a></span><br />And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Jeremiah 10:13</a></span><br />When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/40-9.htm">Job 40:9</a></span><br />Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-13.htm">Psalm 18:13</a></span><br />The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">1 Kings 19:11-12</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. / After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16</a></span><br />On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-6.htm">Isaiah 29:6</a></span><br />you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/4-5.htm">Revelation 4:5</a></span><br />From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-18.htm">Psalm 77:18</a></span><br />Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Nahum 1:3</a></span><br />The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Matthew 3:17</a></span><br />And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-28.htm">John 12:28-29</a></span><br />Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” / The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The voice of the LORD is on the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is on many waters.</p><p class="hdg">The voice</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-13.htm">Psalm 18:13-15</a></b></br> The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail <i>stones</i> and coals of fire… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/77-16.htm">Psalm 77:16-19</a></b></br> The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26,27</a></b></br> And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm… </p><p class="hdg">God</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/24-7.htm">Psalm 24:7-10</a></b></br> Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Acts 7:2</a></b></br> And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,</p><p class="hdg">thundereth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-28.htm">Exodus 9:28,33</a></b></br> Intreat the LORD (for <i>it is</i> enough) that there be no <i>more</i> mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16</a></b></br> And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that <i>was</i> in the camp trembled.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/7-10.htm">1 Samuel 7:10</a></b></br> And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.</p><p class="hdg">many waters.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/93-3.htm">Psalm 93:3,4</a></b></br> The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/104-3.htm">Psalm 104:3</a></b></br> Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/29-2.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/psalms/26-12.htm">Great</a> <a href="/psalms/29-1.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/psalms/18-13.htm">Thundered</a> <a href="/job/37-5.htm">Thundereth</a> <a href="/job/37-4.htm">Thundering</a> <a href="/job/37-5.htm">Thunders</a> <a href="/psalms/28-6.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/psalms/24-2.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/29-9.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/psalms/31-19.htm">Great</a> <a href="/psalms/32-6.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/john/12-29.htm">Thundered</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm">Thundereth</a> <a href="/psalms/96-11.htm">Thundering</a> <a href="/psalms/68-33.htm">Thunders</a> <a href="/psalms/29-4.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/psalms/29-10.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/29-1.htm">David exhorts princes to give glory to God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/29-3.htm">by reason of is power</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/29-11.htm">and protection of his people</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/29.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/29.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The voice of the LORD is over the waters;</b><br>This phrase evokes the imagery of God's presence and power over creation, reminiscent of <a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2</a>, where the Spirit of God hovers over the waters during creation. It signifies God's sovereignty and authority over the natural world. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, water often symbolized chaos and disorder, and God's voice over the waters demonstrates His control and order over chaos. This can also be seen as a reflection of God's power in the parting of the Red Sea (Exodus 14), where His voice commands the waters to part, allowing the Israelites to escape from Egypt.<p><b>the God of glory thunders;</b><br>The thunder is a manifestation of God's majestic power and glory. In the Old Testament, thunder often accompanies divine revelation or judgment, as seen in <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16-19</a>, where God descends upon Mount Sinai in thunder and lightning. This phrase emphasizes God's awe-inspiring presence and His ability to communicate His will through natural phenomena. The thunderous voice of God is also a reminder of His might and the reverence due to Him, as seen in <a href="/job/37-4.htm">Job 37:4-5</a>, where God's voice is described as thunderous and powerful.<p><b>the LORD is heard over many waters.</b><br>This phrase underscores the omnipresence and omnipotence of God. The "many waters" can symbolize the vastness of the earth and the nations, indicating that God's voice and authority extend over all creation. It also suggests the universality of God's dominion, as seen in <a href="/psalms/93-4.htm">Psalm 93:4</a>, where the LORD is mightier than the noise of many waters. This can be interpreted as a prophetic foreshadowing of Christ's authority over the nations, as seen in <a href="/revelation/17-15.htm">Revelation 17:15</a>, where waters represent peoples and multitudes. The phrase assures believers of God's supreme power and His ability to be heard and recognized across the earth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal existence and His relationship with His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_waters.htm">The Waters</a></b><br>Symbolic of chaos and the unknown, often representing the forces of nature that God controls.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_god_of_glory.htm">The God of Glory</a></b><br>A title emphasizing God's majesty and power, highlighting His supreme authority over creation.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/thunder.htm">Thunder</a></b><br>A natural phenomenon used here to symbolize God's powerful and awe-inspiring voice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/many_waters.htm">Many Waters</a></b><br>Could refer to the seas or large bodies of water, symbolizing the vastness and power of God's creation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Creation</a></b><br>God's voice over the waters signifies His control over all creation, reminding us of His ultimate authority and power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_voice.htm">The Power of God's Voice</a></b><br>Just as thunder is powerful and awe-inspiring, so is the voice of God. It commands attention and demands reverence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_chaos.htm">God's Presence in Chaos</a></b><br>The imagery of God's voice over the waters reassures us that He is present and sovereign even in the midst of life's chaos and uncertainty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reverence_for_god's_majesty.htm">Reverence for God's Majesty</a></b><br>Recognizing the God of glory should lead us to worship and revere Him, acknowledging His greatness and majesty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_control.htm">Trust in God's Control</a></b><br>Understanding that God is over the waters encourages us to trust Him in the storms of life, knowing He is in control.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_29_3_align_with_meteorology.htm">Psalm 29:3 refers to God’s voice thundering over the waters; how does this align with modern meteorological explanations of storms and thunder? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_29_align_with_science.htm">How can Psalm 29's attribution of natural forces to God be reconciled with scientific laws of weather and tectonics?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_essence_of_the_word_of_life.htm">What does 'voice like rushing waters' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_thunder_god's_voice,_not_nature.htm">In Job 37:3–5, how can thunder and lightning be described as God’s direct voice when science explains them as natural phenomena? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">The voice.</span>--The invocation to the angels over, the storm bursts, and seven successive peals of thunder mark its course of fury and destruction. It is first heard rolling over the waters from the west (comp. <a href="/1_kings/18-44.htm" title="And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there rises a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Prepare your chariot, and get you down that the rain stop you not.">1Kings 18:44</a>), unless the "waters" and "many waters," as in <a href="/context/psalms/18-11.htm" title="He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.">Psalm 18:11-12</a>, refer to the gathered masses of rain-cloud, when we might compare<p>"Then broke the thunder<p>Like a whole sea overhead."<p>BROWNING: <span class= "ital">Pippa Passes.</span><p>The Hebrew <span class= "ital">kol </span>("voice"), used also of any loud sound (<a href="/2_samuel/15-10.htm" title="But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron.">2Samuel 15:10</a>, of the trumpet; <a href="/ezekiel/1-24.htm" title="And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.">Ezekiel 1:24</a>, of water), is sometimes used (<a href="/genesis/4-10.htm" title="And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.">Genesis 4:10</a>; <a href="/isaiah/52-8.htm" title="Your watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.">Isaiah 52:8</a>) to call attention, like our "Hark !" So Ewald here. Others refer it to the thunder, as in <a href="/psalms/77-18.htm" title="The voice of your thunder was in the heaven: the lightning lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.">Psalm 77:18</a>; but it seems better to take it for the combined noise of the storm, thunder, wind, and rain, as in Shakespeare-- . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The voice of the Lord is upon the waters</span>. The description of God's might in the thunderstorm now begins with one of the sudden transitions which David loves. "The voice of the Lord" - already identified with the thunder in <a href="/psalms/18-13.htm">Psalm 18:13</a> - is suddenly heard muttering in the height of heaven, "upon the waters;" <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the waters stored in the clouds that float on high in the air. <span class="cmt_word">The God of glory</span> - the God set forth in vers. 1, 2 - <span class="cmt_word">thundereth</span>. It is he himself, according to the psalmist, no minor agent. The Lord (Jehovah) is upon the many (or, <span class="accented">great</span>) waters (comp. <a href="/job/37-2.htm">Job 37:2-5</a> and <a href="/psalms/18-7.htm">Psalm 18:7-14</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/29-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The voice</span><br /><span class="heb">ק֥וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(qō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> </span><span class="str2">A voice, sound</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is over</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the waters;</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֫מָּ֥יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(’êl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of glory</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכָּב֥וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kā·ḇō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3519.htm">Strong's 3519: </a> </span><span class="str2">Weight, splendor, copiousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">thunders;</span><br /><span class="heb">הִרְעִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(hir·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7481.htm">Strong's 7481: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tumble, be violently agitated, to crash, to irritate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֝הוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is heard] over</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">many</span><br /><span class="heb">רַבִּֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(rab·bîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">waters.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֥יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/29-3.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 29:3 Yahweh's voice is on the waters (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/29-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 29:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 29:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/29-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 29:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 29:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>