Psalms 135:5

Contemporary English Version

The Lord is much greater than any other god.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For I know that the Lord is great;our Lord is greater than all gods.

Hebrew Names Version
For I know that the LORD is great, That our Lord is above all gods.

King James Version
For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

English Standard Version
For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

New Century Version
I know that the Lord is great. Our Lord is greater than all the gods.

New English Translation
Yes, I know the Lord is great, and our Lord is superior to all gods.

Amplified Bible
For I know that the LORD is great And that our Lord is above all gods.

New American Standard Bible
For I know that the LORD is great And that our Lord is above all gods.

World English Bible
For I know that Yahweh is great, That our Lord is above all gods.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is aboue all gods.

Legacy Standard Bible
For I know that Yahweh is greatAnd that our Lord is greater than all gods.

Berean Standard Bible
For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.

Complete Jewish Bible
I know that Adonai is great, that our Lord is above all gods.

Darby Translation
For *I* know that Jehovah is great, and our Lord is above all gods.

Easy-to-Read Version
I know the Lord is great! Our Lord is greater than all the gods!

George Lamsa Translation
For I know that the LORD is great, and that our LORD is above all gods.

Good News Translation
I know that our Lord is great, greater than all the gods.

Lexham English Bible
For I know that Yahweh is great, and our Lord is greater than all gods.

Literal Translation
For I know that Jehovah is great, and our Lord is above all gods.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For I knowe yt ye LORDE is greate. & yt or LORDE is aboue all goddes.

American Standard Version
For I know that Jehovah is great, And that our Lord is above all gods.

Bible in Basic English
I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is greater than all other gods.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

King James Version (1611)
For I know that the Lord is great: and that our Lord is aboue all gods.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For I knowe that God is great: and that our Lorde is aboue all gods.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For I know that the Lord is great, and our Lord is above all gods;

English Revised Version
For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For Y haue knowe, that the Lord is greet; and oure God bifore alle goddis.

Update Bible Version
For I know that Yahweh is great, And that our Lord is above all gods.

Webster's Bible Translation
For I know that the LORD [is] great, and [that] our Lord [is] above all gods.

New King James Version
For I know that the LORD is great, And our Lord is above all gods.

New Living Translation
I know the greatness of the Lord — that our Lord is greater than any other god.

New Life Bible
I know that the Lord is great. He is greater than all gods.

New Revised Standard
For I know that the Lord is great; our Lord is above all gods.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, I, know that great is Yahweh, yea, our Lord, is beyond all gods.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(134-5) For I have known that the Lord is great, and our God is above all gods.

Revised Standard Version
For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

Young's Literal Translation
For I have known that great [is] Jehovah, Yea, our Lord [is] above all gods.

THE MESSAGE
I, too, give witness to the greatness of God , our Lord, high above all other gods. He does just as he pleases— however, wherever, whenever. He makes the weather—clouds and thunder, lightning and rain, wind pouring out of the north. He struck down the Egyptian firstborn, both human and animal firstborn. He made Egypt sit up and take notice, confronted Pharaoh and his servants with miracles. Yes, he struck down great nations, he slew mighty kings— Sihon king of the Amorites, also Og of Bashan— every last one of the Canaanite kings! Then he turned their land over to Israel, a gift of good land to his people.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For I know that the Lord is great And that our Lord is above all gods.

Contextual Overview

⁵ The Lord is much greater than any other god. ⁶ He does as he chooses in heaven and on earth and deep in the sea. ⁷ The Lord makes the clouds rise from far across the earth, and he makes lightning to go with the rain. Then from his secret place he sends out the wind. ⁸ The Lord killed the first-born of people and animals in the land of Egypt. ⁹ God used miracles and wonders to fight the king of Egypt and all of his officials. ¹⁰ He destroyed many nations and killed powerful kings, ¹¹ including King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan. He conquered every kingdom in the land of Canaan ¹² and gave their property to his people Israel. ¹³ The name of the Lord will be remembered forever, and he will be famous for all time to come. ¹⁴ The Lord will bring justice and show mercy to all who serve him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I know: Psalms 48:1, Psalms 86:8-10, Psalms 89:6, Psalms 95:3, Psalms 96:4, Psalms 96:5, Psalms 97:9, Deuteronomy 10:17, Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 40:25, Jeremiah 10:10, Jeremiah 10:11, Daniel 3:29, Daniel 6:26, Daniel 6:27

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:11 - the Lord 2 Samuel 7:22 - Wherefore 2 Chronicles 2:5 - great is our God Psalms 59:13 - and let Psalms 147:5 - Great Isaiah 36:18 - Hath Daniel 2:45 - the great

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I know that the Lord [is] great,.... Jehovah the Father is great in his perfections; in his power, wisdom, faithfulness, grace, and goodness; and in his works of creation, providence, and grace: and so is Jehovah the Son, who seems chiefly designed, who is called "our Lord" or "Adon" in the next clause; he is great, having the same perfections his Father has; and doing the same works, besides the miracles he wrought here on earth, and the great work of our redemption: he is the great God and our Saviour, and a great Saviour he is; and indeed he is great in all his offices of Prophet, Priest, and King: and so is the blessed Spirit, who is equal to the Father and Son, and greater than he that is in the world. Now all this the psalmist could say from his own knowledge; he knew the Lord was great, from the consideration and meditation of his wondrous works; he knew the greatness of Christ, from the revelation made to him of his person, offices, and grace; he knew the greatness of the divine Spirit, from the inward experience of his upon his heart, as well as from his being divinely inspired by him; and because of this greatness of the Lord, as well as his goodness, he is to be praised; it is mentioned as a reason of it;

and [that] our Lord [is] above all gods; the Lord our righteousness; Immanuel, God with us: our Lord, not only by right of creation, but of redemption; he is above all that the Heathens called gods, even the greatest of them; not the idols their hands made only, but the heavens and all the host of them, the sun, moon, and stars; his glory is above them, being the Maker of them, as God; and he is made higher than they, as man and Mediator: he is above civil magistrates, princes, and kings of the earth, called gods, Psalms 82:5; he is King of kings, and Lord of lords, he is higher than they; by him they reign, and to him they are accountable; and he is above the angels, sometimes called "Elohim", or gods, Psalms 8:5; he has a more excellent name and nature than they; he is the Creator of them, the object of their worship, to whom they minister, whose servants they are; and he is now exalted above them in the human nature, at the right hand of God; see Hebrews 1:4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I know - I, as the representative of Israel, and speaking in the, name of the people. This is said as the foundation or the reason for praise. It was the thorough conviction of the psalmist that God was great above all who were claimed to be gods, and that he only was worthy of worship.

That the Lord is great - See the notes at Psalms 95:3.

And that our Lord is above all gods - All that are worshipped as gods.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 135:5. The Lord is great — Unlimited in his power: another reason.

Is above all gods. — Every class of being, whether idolized or not; because he is the Fountain of existence. This is a fifth reason.