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Psalms 97:5

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

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ASV

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

KJV

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הָרִ֗יםha.RimmountainsH2022 →
כַּדּוֹנַ֗גka.do.Naglike <the> waxH1749 →
נָ֭מַסּוּNa.ma.suthey meltH4549 →
מִלִּפְנֵ֣יmi.lif.Neifrom to beforeH6440 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
מִ֝לִּפְנֵ֗יmi.lif.Neifrom to beforeH6440 →
אֲד֣וֹן'a.Don[the] lord ofH113 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →

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Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.Micah 1:3–4For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.Isaiah 24:19–20The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.Isaiah 64:1–2If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.Psalms 47:2How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!Psalms 46:6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.Amos 9:13“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.Micah 1:4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.Judges 5:5The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.Psalms 68:2As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.Joshua 3:11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.Psalms 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.Judges 5:4–5O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.Psalms 95:4In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.Micah 4:13Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.1 Corinthians 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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