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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 10:6 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 10:6 |
Strong Concordance |
Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD [03068]; thou art great [01419], and thy name [08034] is great [01419] in might [01369]. |
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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 [01419], and doest [06213] wondrous things [06381]: thou art God [0430] alone.
8 Among the gods [0430] there is none like unto thee, O Lord [0136]; neither are there any works like unto thy works [04639].
11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD [03068], among the gods [0410]? who is like thee, glorious [0142] in holiness [06944], fearful [03372] in praises [08416], doing [06213] wonders [06382]?
6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD [03068]; thou art great [01419], and thy name [08034] is great [01419] in might [01369].
7 Who would not fear [03372] thee, O King [04428] of nations [01471]? for to thee doth it appertain [02969]: forasmuch as among all the wise [02450] men of the nations [01471], and in all their kingdoms [04438], there is none like unto thee.
8 But they are altogether [0259] brutish [01197] and foolish [03688]: the stock [06086] is a doctrine [04148] of vanities [01892].
9 Silver [03701] spread into plates [07554] is brought [0935] from Tarshish [08659], and gold [02091] from Uphaz [0210], the work [04639] of the workman [02796], and of the hands [03027] of the founder [06884]: blue [08504] and purple [0713] is their clothing [03830]: they are all the work [04639] of cunning [02450] men.
10 But the LORD [03068] is the true [0571] God [0430], he is the living [02416] God [0430], and an everlasting [05769] king [04428]: at his wrath [07110] the earth [0776] shall tremble [07493], and the nations [01471] shall not be able to abide [03557] his indignation [02195].
11 Thus [01836] shall ye say [0560] unto them, The gods [0426] that have not [03809] made [05648] the heavens [08065] and the earth [0778], even they shall perish [07] from the earth [0772], and from under [08460] these [0429] heavens [08065].