Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Look, the Lord is leaving His place
and coming down to trample
the heights of the earth.

New American Standard Bible

For behold, the Lord is coming forth from His place.
He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

King James Version

For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

International Standard Version

Look here! The LORD is coming from his place! He will come down and will trample down the high places throughout the land.

A Conservative Version

For, behold, LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

American Standard Version

For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

Amplified


For behold, the Lord is coming down from His place
He shall come down and tread [in judgment] on the high places of the earth.

Bible in Basic English

For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.

Darby Translation

For behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

Julia Smith Translation

For behold, Jehovah will come forth from his place, and come down and tread upon the heights of the earth.

King James 2000

For, behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For behold, Yahweh is coming out from his place, and he will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.

Modern King James verseion

For behold, Jehovah is coming out of His place, and will come down and walk on the high places of the earth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For why? Behold, the LORD shall go out of his place, and come down, and tread upon the high things of the earth.

NET Bible

Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth's mountaintops!

New Heart English Bible

For, behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

The Emphasized Bible

For lo! Yahweh, coming forth out of his place, - that he may descend, and march along upon the high places of the earth.

Webster

For behold, the LORD cometh forth from his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

World English Bible

For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

Youngs Literal Translation

For lo, Jehovah is going out from His place, And He hath come down, And hath trodden on high places of earth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For, behold, the Lord

Usage: 0

יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

and will come down
ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

and tread
דּרך 
Darak 
Usage: 63

בּמה 
Bamah 
Usage: 103

References

American

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Coming Judgment On Israel

2 Listen, all you peoples;
pay attention, earth and everyone in it!
The Lord God will be a witness against you,
the Lord, from His holy temple.
3 Look, the Lord is leaving His place
and coming down to trample
the heights of the earth.
4 The mountains will melt beneath Him,
and the valleys will split apart,
like wax near a fire,
like water cascading down a mountainside.



Cross References

Amos 4:13

He is here:
the One who forms the mountains,
creates the wind,
and reveals His thoughts to man,
the One who makes the dawn out of darkness
and strides on the heights of the earth.
Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name.

Isaiah 26:21

For look, the Lord is coming from His place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.
The earth will reveal the blood shed on it
and will no longer conceal her slain.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the heights of the land
and eat the produce of the field.
He nourished him with honey from the rock
and oil from flint-like rock,

Psalm 115:3

Our God is in heaven
and does whatever He pleases.

Deuteronomy 33:29

How happy you are, Israel!
Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord?
He is the shield that protects you,
the sword you boast in.
Your enemies will cringe before you,
and you will tread on their backs.

Job 40:12

Look on every proud person and humble him;
trample the wicked where they stand.

Isaiah 2:10-19

Go into the rocks
and hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord
and from His majestic splendor.

Isaiah 25:10

For the Lord’s power will rest on this mountain.

But Moab will be trampled in his place
as straw is trampled in a dung pile.

Isaiah 63:3-4

I trampled the winepress alone,
and no one from the nations was with Me.
I trampled them in My anger
and ground them underfoot in My fury;
their blood spattered My garments,
and all My clothes were stained.

Isaiah 64:1-2

If only You would tear the heavens open
and come down,
so that mountains would quake at Your presence

Ezekiel 3:12

The Spirit then lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me—praise the glory of the Lord in His place!—

Hosea 5:14-15

For I am like a lion to Ephraim
and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
Yes, I will tear them to pieces and depart.
I will carry them off,
and no one can rescue them.

Habakkuk 3:19

Yahweh my Lord is my strength;
He makes my feet like those of a deer
and enables me to walk on mountain heights!


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