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Psalm 97

Psa. 97:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The hills
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
melted
macac (Hebrew #4549)
to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
KJV usage: discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, X utterly.
Pronounce: maw-sas'
Origin: a primitive root
f like wax
downag (Hebrew #1749)
wax
KJV usage: wax.
Pronounce: do-nag'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
at the presence
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, at the presence
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
of the Lord
'adown (Hebrew #113)
from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
KJV usage: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with "Adoni-".
Pronounce: aw-done'
Origin: or (shortened) adon {aw-done'}
of the whole earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Judg. 5:5• 5The mountains quaked before the face of Jehovah,{HR}That Sinai, from before Jehovah the God of Israel. (Judg. 5:5)
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Mic. 1:4• 4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. (Mic. 1:4)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Judg. 5:4‑5• 4Jehovah, when thou wentest forth from Seir,{HR}When thou marchedst out of the fields of Edom,{HR}The earth trembled, and the heavens dropped,{HR}Yea, the clouds dropped water.{HR}
 5The mountains quaked before the face of Jehovah,{HR}That Sinai, from before Jehovah the God of Israel. (Judg. 5:4‑5)
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Isa. 24:19‑20• 19The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is quite dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
 20The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night-hut; and the transgression thereof is heavy upon it; and it falleth, and riseth not again. (Isa. 24:19‑20)
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Isa. 64:1‑2• 1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down—that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
 2as fire kindleth brushwood, [as] fire causeth the waters to boil—to make thy name known to thine adversaries, [that] the nations may tremble at thy presence! (Isa. 64:1‑2)
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Mic. 1:3‑4• 3For behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
 4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. (Mic. 1:3‑4)
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Nah. 1:5• 5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. (Nah. 1:5)
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Hab. 3:6• 6He stood, and made the earth tremble: (Hab. 3:6)
the Lord of.
Psa. 47:2• 2For Jehovah Most High [is] to be feared,{HR}A great king over all the earth. (Psa. 47:2)
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Psa. 83:18• 18And they shall know that thou alone,{HR}Whose name [is] Jehovah,{HR}[Art] Most High above all the earth. (Psa. 83:18)
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Isa. 54:5• 5For thy Maker [is] thy husband: Jehovah of hosts [is] His name, and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall he be called. (Isa. 54:5)
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Mic. 4:13• 13Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people , and I will consecrate their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto Jehovah of the whole earth. (Mic. 4:13)
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Zech. 4:14• 14And he said, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth (Zech. 4:14)
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Mark 11:3• 3And if anyone say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord hath need of it; and immediately he sends it here. (Mark 11:3)
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1 Cor. 1:2• 2to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, c [persons] sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all that call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirs and ours; (1 Cor. 1:2)
• Everything that exalts itself against Jehovah will melt away. (“Psalm 97” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

W. Kelly Translation

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Mountains melted like wax before Jehovah,{HR}Before the Lord of the whole earth.