Psalms 46:8

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Come and see the works of ADONAI, the astounding deeds he has done on the earth.

Berean Standard Bible:

Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.

American Standard Version:

Come, behold the works of Jehovah, What desolations he hath made in the earth.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Come{H3212}{H8798)}, behold{H2372}{H8798)} the works{H4659} of the LORD{H3068}, what desolations{H8047} he hath made{H7760}{H8804)} in the earth{H776}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 66:5

  • Come and see the works of God: [he is] terrible [in his] doing toward the children of men.

Isaiah 24:1

  • ¶ Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

Isaiah 61:4

  • ¶ And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Isaiah 34:2

  • For the indignation of the LORD [is] upon all nations, and [his] fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

Isaiah 34:17

  • And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

Psalms 92:4

  • For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

Psalms 92:6

  • A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

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Commentary for Psalms 46:8

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3212
    There are 938 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָלַךְ
    Transliteration: yâlak
    Pronunciation: yaw-lak'
    Description: a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
  2. Strong's Number: H2372
    There are 47 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָזָה
    Transliteration: châzâh
    Pronunciation: khaw-zaw'
    Description: a primitive root; to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision of; behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
  3. Strong's Number: H4659
    There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִפְעָל
    Transliteration: miphʻâl
    Pronunciation: mif-awl'
    Description: or (feminine) מִפְעָלָה; from פָּעַל; a performance; work.
  4. Strong's Number: H3068
    There are 5521 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יְהֹוָה
    Transliteration: Yᵉhôvâh
    Pronunciation: yeh-ho-vaw'
    Description: from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
  5. Strong's Number: H8047
    There are 39 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שַׁמָּה
    Transliteration: shammâh
    Pronunciation: sham-maw'
    Description: from שָׁמֵם; ruin; by implication, consternation; astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.
  6. Strong's Number: H7760
    There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׂוּם
    Transliteration: sûwm
    Pronunciation: soom
    Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
  7. Strong's Number: H776
    There are 2739 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶרֶץ
    Transliteration: ʼerets
    Pronunciation: eh'-rets
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

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