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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 10:6 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 10:6 |
King James |
Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| none--literally, "no particle of nothing": nothing whatever; the strongest possible denial (Exo 15:11; Psa 86:8, Psa 86:10). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| For as much as - Or, "No one is like unto thee, O Jehovah." In Jer 10:6-11, the prophet contrasts God's greatness with the impotence of idols. |
10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.