Psalm 29:9
The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
Note Or Lord makes the deer to calve
The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
Note to calve: or, to be in pain
Note doth…: or, every whit of it uttereth, etc
The Lord’s voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, “Glory!”
The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- maketh
- Or as Bp. Lowth and others, "maketh the oaks to tremble and maketh bare the forests;" understanding {ayyaloth,} as denoting here, not hinds, but oaks, as it signifies in Syriac.
- Job 39:1–3
- calve
- or, be in pain. discovereth.
- Psalm 63:2; Isaiah 9:18; Isaiah 10:18, 19; Ezekiel 20:46–48
- in his temple
- Psalm 46:2–5; Psalm 48:9; Psalm 134:1, 2; Psalm 135:1, 2