Psalms 47:8
ContextNET © | God reigns 1 over the nations! God sits on his holy throne! |
NIV © | God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. |
NASB © | God reigns over the nations, God sits on His holy throne. |
NLT © | God reigns above the nations, sitting on his holy throne. |
MSG © | God is Lord of godless nations--sovereign, he's King of the mountain. |
BBE © | God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high seat of his holy rule. |
NRSV © | God is king over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. |
NKJV © | God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. |
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NET © | God reigns 1 over the nations! God sits on his holy throne! |
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1 tn When a new king was enthroned, his followers would acclaim him king using this enthronement formula (Qal perfect 3ms מָלַךְ, malakh, “to reign,” followed by the name of the king). See 2 Sam 15:10; 1 Kgs 1:11, 13, 18; 2 Kgs 9:13, as well as Isa 52:7. In this context the perfect verbal form is generalizing, but the declaration logically follows the historical reference in v. 5 to the |