Psalms 29:3

Amplified Bible

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders; The LORD is over many waters.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The voice of the Lord echoes above the sea. The God of glory thunders. The Lord thunders over the mighty sea.

English Revised Version
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth, even the LORD upon many waters.

Update Bible Version
The voice of Yahweh is on the waters: The God of glory thunders, Even Yahweh on many waters.

New Century Version
The Lord 's voice is heard over the sea. The glorious God thunders; the Lord thunders over the ocean.

New English Translation
The Lord 's shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the Lord appears over the surging water.

Webster's Bible Translation
The voice of the LORD [is] upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD [is] upon many waters.

World English Bible
The voice of Yahweh is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.

English Standard Version
The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord , over many waters.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The vois of the Lord on watris, God of mageste thundride; the Lord on many watris.

Berean Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.

Contemporary English Version
The voice of the Lord echoes over the oceans. The glorious Lord God thunders above the roar of the raging sea,

American Standard Version
The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters.

Bible in Basic English
The voice of the Lord is on the waters: the God of glory is thundering, the Lord is on the great waters.

Complete Jewish Bible
The voice of Adonai is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, Adonai over rushing waters,

Darby Translation
The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth,—Jehovah upon great waters.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord 's voice can be heard over the sea. The voice of our glorious Lord God is like thunder over the great ocean.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters;

King James Version (1611)
The voice of the Lord is vpon the waters: the God of glory thundreth, the Lord is vpon many waters.

New Life Bible
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. The God of shining-greatness thunders. The Lord is over many waters.

New Revised Standard
The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord , over mighty waters.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The voyce of the Lord is vpon the waters: the God of glorie maketh it to thunder: the Lord is vpon the great waters.

George Lamsa Translation
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is upon many waters.

Good News Translation
The voice of the Lord is heard on the seas; the glorious God thunders, and his voice echoes over the ocean.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The voice of Yahweh, is upon the waters, - The GOD of glory, hath thundered, Yahweh, is upon mighty waters;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(28-3) The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters.

Revised Standard Version
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, upon many waters.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The voyce of God is aboue waters: it is the Lorde of glory that thundreth, it is God that ruleth the sea.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon many waters.

Christian Standard Bible®
The voice of the Lord is above the waters.The God of glory thunders—the Lord, above the vast water,

Hebrew Names Version
The voice of LORD is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even the LORD on many waters.

King James Version
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.

Lexham English Bible
The voice of Yahweh is over the waters; the God of glory thunders. Yahweh is over many waters.

Literal Translation
The voice of Jehovah is on the waters; the God of glory thunders; Jehovah is above many waters.

Young's Literal Translation
The voice of Jehovah [is] on the waters, The God of glory hath thundered, Jehovah [is] on many waters.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It is the LORDE that commaundeth the waters: It is the glorious God that maketh ye thonder:

THE MESSAGE
God thunders across the waters, Brilliant, his voice and his face, streaming brightness— God , across the flood waters.

New American Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD is on the waters; The God of glory thunders, The LORD is over many waters.

New King James Version
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; The God of glory thunders; The LORD is over many waters.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, The Lord is over many waters.

Legacy Standard Bible
The voice of Yahweh is upon the waters;The God of glory thunders,Yahweh is over many waters.

Contextual Overview

¹Ascribe to the LORD, O sons of the mighty, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. ²Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; Worship the LORD in the beauty and majesty of His holiness [as the creator and source of holiness]. ³The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders; The LORD is over many waters.⁴The voice of the LORD is powerful; The voice of the LORD is full of majesty. ⁵The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; Yes, the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, And Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox. ⁷The voice of the LORD rakes flames of fire (lightning). ⁸The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. ⁹The voice of the LORD makes the doe labor and give birth And strips the forests bare; And in His temple all are saying, "Glory!" ¹⁰The LORD sat as King at the flood; Yes, the LORD sits as King forever.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The voice: Psalms 18:13-15, Psalms 77:16-19, Matthew 8:26, Matthew 8:27, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 17:15

God: Psalms 24:7-10, Acts 7:2

thundereth: Exodus 9:28, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 19:16, 1 Samuel 7:10, Job 37:2-5, John 12:29, Revelation 4:5, Revelation 8:5, Revelation 11:19, Revelation 16:18, Revelation 19:6

many waters: or, great waters, Psalms 93:3, Psalms 93:4, Psalms 104:3

Reciprocal: Exodus 9:23 - the Lord sent 2 Samuel 22:14 - thundered Job 26:14 - the thunder Job 28:26 - a way Job 36:29 - the noise Job 37:4 - a voice Job 38:25 - General Psalms 29:10 - sitteth Psalms 68:33 - his voice Psalms 77:18 - voice Isaiah 17:12 - mighty Isaiah 30:30 - his glorious voice Isaiah 33:21 - the glorious Jeremiah 10:13 - uttereth Jeremiah 51:16 - he uttereth Ezekiel 1:24 - as the voice Ezekiel 10:5 - the voice Ephesians 1:17 - the Father

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The voice of the Lord [is] upon the waters,.... What follows concerning thunder, the voice of the Lord, gives so many reasons why he should have glory given him and be worshipped; the Heathens y paid their devotion to thunder and lightning: but this should be done to the author of them; which may be literally understood of thunder, and is the voice of the Lord; see Psalms 18:13; and which is commonly attended with large showers of rain, Jeremiah 10:13; and is very terrible upon the waters, and has its effect there, Psalms 104:7; and this is the rather mentioned, because that there is a God above, who is higher than the mighty, who are called upon to give glory to him, and because that thunder has been terrible to kings and great men of the earth; or this may be figuratively interpreted of the voice of Christ in the Gospel, which reaches to many nations and people, compared to waters,

Revelation 17:15. The disciples had a commission to preach it to all nations, and the sound of their words went into all the world, Romans 10:18;

the God of glory thundereth; this shows that thunder may be meant by the voice of the Lord, who is glorious in himself, and in all his works; and may be applied to the Gospel of Christ, who is the Lord of glory, and whose ministers, at least some of them, are sons of thunder; see 1 Corinthians 2:8;

the Lord [is] upon many waters; that is, his voice is, as before, which is thunder; and that this belongs to God, the Heathens were so sensible of, that they called their chief deity Jupiter Tonans z.

y Pausan. Arcad. sive l. 8. p. 503. z Horat. Epod. l. 5. Ode 2. v. 29. Martial. l. 2. Ep. 95.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The voice of the Lord - The voice of Yahweh. There can be no doubt that the expression here, which is seven times repeated in the psalm, “the voice of Jehovah,” refers to thunder; and no one can fail to see the appropriateness of the expression. In heavy thunder it seems as if God spake. It comes from above. It fills us with awe. We know, indeed, that thunder as well as the other phenomena in the world, is produced by what are called “natural causes;” that there is no miracle in thunder; and that really God does not “speak” anymore in the thunder than he does in the sighing of the breeze or in the gurgling of the rivulet; but:

(a) He seems more impressively to speak to people in the thunder; and

(b) He may not improperly be regarded as speaking alike in the thunder, in the sighing of the breeze, and in the gurgling stream.

In each and all of these ways God is addressing men; in each and all there are lessons of great value conveyed, as if by His own voice, respecting His own existence and character. Those which are addressed to us particularly in thunder, pertain to His power, His majesty, His greatness; to our own weakness, feebleness, dependence; to the ease with which He could take us away, and to the importance of being prepared to stand before such a God. “Is upon the waters.” The word “is” is supplied here by our translators in italics. The whole passage might be read as an exclamation: “The voice of Jehovah upon the waters!” It is the utterance of one who is overpowered by a sudden clap of thunder. The mind is awed. God seems to speak; His voice is heard rolling over the waters. The psalm was most likely composed in view of the sea or a lake - not improbably in view of the Mediterranean, when a storm was passing over it. A thunderstorm is sublime anywhere, in mountain scenery or upon the plains, upon the land or upon the ocean; but there are circumstances which give it special grandeur at sea, when the thunder seems to “roll” along with nothing to check or break it, and when the sublimity is increased by the solitude which reigns everywhere on the ocean.

The God of glory - The glorious God. See the notes at Psalms 24:7-10.

The Lord is upon many waters - Yahweh Himself seems to be on the ocean. His voice is heard there, and He Himself appears to be there. The margin here is, “great waters.” This would seem to imply that the psalm was composed in view of waters more extended than a lake or a river, and sustains the idea above expressed, that it was in view of the great waters which must have been so familiar to the mind of the sacred writer - the waters of the Mediterranean.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 29:3. The voice of the Lord — THUNDER, so called, Exodus 9:23, Exodus 9:28-29; Job 37:4; Psalms 18:13; Isaiah 30:30. On this subject see the note on Job 37:4, where there is a particular description of the nature and generation of thunder; and of the lightning, clap, rain, and other phenomena which accompany it.

Upon many waters. — The clouds, which Moses calls the waters which are above the firmament.