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King James Version

Psalms 97:6

The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Heaven;   Jesus, the Christ;   Thompson Chain Reference - Creation;   Mysteries-Revelations;   Nature's;   Revelation;   The Topic Concordance - Glory;   Righteousness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Righteousness of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Nature, Natural;   Religion;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hope;   Psalms;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Glory;   God;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sun, Blessing of the;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
The heavens declare His righteousness,And all the peoples see His glory.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His glory.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The heauens haue declared his iustice: and all the people haue seene his glorie.
Darby Translation
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
New King James Version
The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory.
Literal Translation
The heavens declare His righteousness and all the people see His glory.
Easy-to-Read Version
The skies tell about his goodness, and the nations see his glory.
World English Bible
The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.
King James Version (1611)
The heauens declare his righteousnesse: and all the people see his glory.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The very heauens declare his rightuousnes, & all people se his glory.
THE MESSAGE
The heavens announce that he'll set everything right, And everyone will see it happen—glorious!
Amplified Bible
The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory and brilliance.
American Standard Version
The heavens declare his righteousness, And all the peoples have seen his glory.
Bible in Basic English
The heavens gave out the news of his righteousness, and all the people saw his glory.
Update Bible Version
The heavens declare his righteousness, And all the peoples have seen his glory.
Webster's Bible Translation
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
New English Translation
The sky declares his justice, and all the nations see his splendor.
Contemporary English Version
The heavens announce, "The Lord brings justice!" Everyone sees God's glory.
Complete Jewish Bible
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The heauens declare his righteousnes, and all the people see his glory.
George Lamsa Translation
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
Hebrew Names Version
The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The heavens declared His righteousness, and all the peoples saw His glory.
New Living Translation
The heavens proclaim his righteousness; every nation sees his glory.
New Life Bible
The heavens tell about how right and good He is. And all the people see His shining-greatness.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The heavens have declared his righteousness, and all the people have seen his glory.
English Revised Version
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples have seen his glory.
Berean Standard Bible
The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
New Revised Standard
The heavens proclaim his righteousness; and all the peoples behold his glory.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The heavens, have declared, his righteousness, - And all the peoples, have seen, his glory.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(96-6) The heavens declared his justice: and all people saw his glory.
Lexham English Bible
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
English Standard Version
The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
New American Standard Bible
The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His glory.
New Century Version
The heavens tell about his goodness, and all the people see his glory.
Good News Translation
The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the nations see his glory.
Christian Standard Bible®
The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Heuenes telden his riytfulnesse; and alle puplis sien his glorie.
Young's Literal Translation
The heavens declared His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His honour.
Revised Standard Version
The heavens proclaim his righteousness; and all the peoples behold his glory.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. 3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. 4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord , at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. 7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The heavens: Psalms 19:1, Psalms 36:5, Psalms 36:6, Psalms 50:6, Psalms 89:2, Psalms 89:5, Isaiah 1:2, Revelation 19:2

all the: Psalms 67:4, Psalms 98:3, Numbers 14:21, 2 Samuel 22:47, Isaiah 6:3, Isaiah 45:6, Isaiah 60:2, Isaiah 60:3, Habakkuk 2:14, Matthew 6:9

Reciprocal: Psalms 24:7 - King Psalms 102:16 - he shall Isaiah 35:2 - they shall Zephaniah 2:11 - and men Zechariah 9:9 - Rejoice Luke 2:31 - General Romans 3:25 - to declare

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The heavens declare his righteousness,.... His justice in punishing his enemies; the lightning and the thunder in the heavens, the tokens of his wrath, and instruments of it; his wrath itself, which is revealed from heaven, Romans 1:18, or the inhabitants of heaven, as Aben Ezra; the angels of heaven; so the Targum, "the angels on high (or of heaven, as in the king's Bible) declare his righteousness"; see

Revelation 16:5, it is true of the ministers of the Gospel, who are Christ's angels or messengers, men of heavenly gifts and grace, whose work it is to declare the justifying righteousness of Christ, which is revealed in the Gospel from faith to faith, and which is therefore called the word of righteousness, and the ministration of it, Romans 1:17,

and all the people see his glory; the glory of his justice in the destruction of his enemies; the glory of his power and grace in the salvation of his chosen; the glory of God in the face of Christ; the glory of Christ himself, as the only begotten of the Father; the glory of his person, office, grace, and righteousness, in the glass of the Gospel; the glory and honour he is now crowned with in heaven; and all the people, even all the chosen, redeemed, and called people, shall behold his glory to all eternity: it seems chiefly to respect the revelation of his glory, and his people's view of it at his first coming; see Isaiah 60:5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The heavens declare his righteousness - See the notes at Psalms 50:6. Compare the notes at Psalms 19:1.

And all the people see his glory - As manifested in the heavens, and in the power which he puts forth on the earth. That is, (they have the opportunity of seeing it; it is made manifest in all his works. They see what in fact is a manifestation of his glory, to wit, his great and wondrous works. It is not affirmed that they “appreciate” all this, or that they see this to be a manifestation of his glory - which would not be true - but that they see what is in fact a revelation of his greatness, his wisdom, and his power.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 97:6. The heavens declare his righteousness — They also, in this poetic description, become intelligent beings, and proclaim the majesty and the mercy of the Most High. Metaphorically, they may be said to declare his glory. Their magnitude, number, revolutions, order, influence, and harmony, proclaim the wondrous skill, matchless wisdom, and unlimited power of the Sovereign of the universe. Psalms 100:0; Psalms 19:1, c.

And all the people see his glory. — Whatsoever God has made proclaims his eternal power and Godhead and who, from a contemplation of the work of his hands, can be ignorant of his being and providence?


 
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