Psalms 93:4

New Living Translation

But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore— the Lord above is mightier than these!

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty!

Geneva Bible (1587)
The waues of ye sea are marueilous through the noyse of many waters, yet the Lorde on High is more mightie.

Christian Standard Bible®
Greater than the roar of a huge torrent—the mighty breakers of the sea—the Lord on high is majestic.

Hebrew Names Version
Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, The LORD on high is mighty.

Easy-to-Read Version
The crashing waves of the sea are loud and powerful, but the Lord above is even more powerful.

Amplified Bible
More than the sounds of many waters, More than the mighty breakers of the sea, The LORD on high is mighty.

American Standard Version
Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.

Contemporary English Version
Its mighty waves are majestic, but you are more majestic, and you rule over all.

Complete Jewish Bible
More than the sound of rushing waters or the mighty breakers of the sea, Adonai on high is mighty.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty.

King James Version (1611)
The Lord on high is mightier then the noise of many waters, yea then the mightie waues of the Sea.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
at the voices of many waters: the billows of the sea are wonderful: the Lord is wonderful in high places.

English Revised Version
Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty.

Berean Standard Bible
Above the roar of many waters-the mighty breakers of the sea-the LORD on high is majestic.

Lexham English Bible
Mightier than the rumblings of many waters, mightier than the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.

Literal Translation
Jehovah on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, than the mighty waves of the sea.

New Century Version
The sound of the water is loud; the ocean waves are powerful, but the Lord above is much greater.

New English Translation
Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the Lord sits enthroned in majesty.

New King James Version
The LORD on high is mightier Than the noise of many waters, Than the mighty waves of the sea.

New Life Bible
The Lord on high is more powerful than the sound of many waters and the strong waves of the sea.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
With the sounds of many waters, Majestic are the breakers of the sea, Majestic on high, is Yahweh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(92-4) With the noise of many waters. Wonderful are the surges of the sea: wonderful is the Lord on high.

George Lamsa Translation
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

Good News Translation
The Lord rules supreme in heaven, greater than the roar of the ocean, more powerful than the waves of the sea.

New American Standard Bible
More than the sounds of many waters, Than the mighty breakers of the sea, The LORD on high is mighty.

King James Version
The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
God which is on high, is more puissaut then the noyse of many waters: then the mightie waues of the sea.

New Revised Standard
More majestic than the thunders of mighty waters, more majestic than the waves of the sea, majestic on high is the Lord !

Darby Translation
Jehovah on high is mightier than the voices of many waters, than the mighty breakers of the sea.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The reisyngis of the see ben wondurful; the Lord is wondurful in hiye thingis.

Young's Literal Translation
Than the voices of many mighty waters, Breakers of a sea, mighty on high [is] Jehovah,

World English Bible
Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.

Revised Standard Version
Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty!

Update Bible Version
Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, [yes], [than] the mighty waves of the sea.

Bible in Basic English
The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The floudes aryse (o LORDE) the floudes lift vp their noyse, ye floudes lift vp their wawes.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
More than the sounds of many waters, Than the mighty breakers of the sea, The Lord on high is mighty.

Legacy Standard Bible
More than the voices of many waters,Than the mighty breakers of the sea,Yahweh on high is mighty.

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord is king! He is robed in majesty. Indeed, the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength. The world stands firm and cannot be shaken. ² Your throne, O Lord , has stood from time immemorial. You yourself are from the everlasting past. ³ The floods have risen up, O Lord . The floods have roared like thunder; the floods have lifted their pounding waves. ⁴ But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore— the Lord above is mightier than these! ⁵ Your royal laws cannot be changed. Your reign, O Lord , is holy forever and ever.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

mightier: Psalms 65:7, Psalms 89:6, Psalms 89:9, Psalms 114:3-5, Job 38:11, Jeremiah 5:22, Mark 4:37-39

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:17 - bring Numbers 24:7 - many waters 2 Samuel 22:5 - the floods 2 Samuel 22:17 - he drew 2 Kings 19:28 - thy rage 1 Chronicles 16:32 - the sea Job 9:8 - treadeth Job 26:12 - divideth Psalms 7:7 - return Psalms 29:3 - many waters Psalms 46:3 - the waters Psalms 56:2 - most Psalms 124:5 - the proud Psalms 144:7 - deliver me Proverbs 21:1 - as Isaiah 5:30 - like Isaiah 17:12 - make a noise Isaiah 37:29 - rage Jeremiah 31:35 - when Jeremiah 51:55 - her waves Ezekiel 26:3 - as the sea Ezekiel 27:26 - great Hosea 5:10 - like Amos 9:5 - shall rise Jonah 1:15 - and the Matthew 8:26 - and rebuked Matthew 14:25 - walking Mark 4:39 - he arose Mark 6:48 - he cometh Mark 6:51 - and the Luke 6:48 - the flood Luke 8:23 - came Luke 21:25 - the sea John 6:19 - walking Romans 8:39 - height Revelation 1:15 - his voice Revelation 12:15 - cast Revelation 14:2 - of many

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters,.... Christ is the most High; he is God over all, higher than the highest; he is, as King, higher than the kings of the earth; he is in the highest heavens, and higher than they; he is highly exalted, as Mediator, at the right hand of God: he is the mighty God, and mighty Saviour; yea, he is Almighty, and therefore mightier than all his enemies, and the noise they make, and the force they use; he is stronger than the strong man armed; than Satan, and all his principalities and powers; than all the persecuting princes and potentates of this world; than antichrist, and all the antichristian states: yea, than "the mighty waves of the sea"; the same are intended as before c.

c Vide Homer. Iliad. 21. v. 190, ]91. where the same is said of Jove, almost in the same words, and repeated as here.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters - That is, he is more powerful than those waters; he is able to control them. See Psalms 65:7, note; Job 38:11, note. The original here is more rapid in the course of the thought; more emphatic and forcible: “More than the voice of waters - many - mighty - the breakers of the sea - in the high place is Jehovah.” He is over all those billows and breakers; more mighty than they all. They can proceed no further than he permits; they will be stayed when and where he commands. We can conceive of few things which more illustrate the power and the majesty of God than the fact that he thus presides over, and controls, the waves of the ocean.

Yea, than the mighty waves of the sea - The original word here corresponds precisely with our word “breakers” - the mighty waves that “break” on the beach.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 93:4. The Lord - is mightier than the noise of many waters — Greater in strength than all the peoples and nations that can rise up against him.

Mighty waves of the sea. — Even the most powerful empires can prevail nothing against him; therefore those who trust in him have nothing to fear.