Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous. New Living Translation Terror will grip them, for God is with those who obey him. English Standard Version There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous. Berean Standard Bible There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous. King James Bible There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. New King James Version There they are in great fear, For God is with the generation of the righteous. New American Standard Bible There they are in great dread, For God is with a righteous generation. NASB 1995 There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation. NASB 1977 There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation. Legacy Standard Bible There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation. Amplified Bible There they tremble with great fear, For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation. Christian Standard Bible Then they will be filled with dread, for God is with those who are righteous. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then they will be filled with terror, for God is with those who are righteous. American Standard Version There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous. Aramaic Bible in Plain English There they were filled with awe, because God is in the generation of the righteous ones. Brenton Septuagint Translation There were they alarmed with fear, where there was no fear; for God is in the righteous generation. Contemporary English Version But you will be frightened, because God is on the side of every good person. Douay-Rheims Bible They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. English Revised Version There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. GOD'S WORD® Translation There they are-panic-stricken because God is with the person who is righteous. Good News Translation But then they will be terrified, for God is with those who obey him. International Standard Version There they are seized with terror, because God is with those who are righteous. JPS Tanakh 1917 There are they in great fear; For God is with the righteous generation. Literal Standard Version They have feared a fear there, | For God [is] in the generation of the righteous. Majority Standard Bible There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous. New American Bible They have good reason, then, to fear; God is with the company of the just. NET Bible They are absolutely terrified, for God defends the godly. New Revised Standard Version There they shall be in great terror, for God is with the company of the righteous. New Heart English Bible There they are utterly terrified, for God is in the generation of the righteous. Webster's Bible Translation There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. World English Bible There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous. Young's Literal Translation There they have feared a fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Fool Says There is No God…4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD. 5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous. 6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.… Cross References Psalm 9:20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah Psalm 73:15 If I had said, "I will speak this way," then I would have betrayed Your children. Psalm 112:2 His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Treasury of Scripture There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. were, etc. Psalm 53:5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them. Exodus 15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. Esther 8:7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. God Psalm 46:5,7,11 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early… Isaiah 8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. the generation Psalm 22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. Psalm 24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. Psalm 73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. Jump to Previous Company Dread Fear Feared Generation Great Overwhelmed Present Righteous Terror UprightJump to Next Company Dread Fear Feared Generation Great Overwhelmed Present Righteous Terror UprightPsalm 14 1. David describes a natural man4. He convinces the wicked by the light of their conscience 7. He glories in the salvation of God (5) There were they.--Literally, there they feared a fear, i.e., terror overtook them. Psalms 53 adds, "which was no fear." The local "there" brings the scene before us as in a picture. We see them there before us, these wicked men; there in the midst of their intrigues, or their exactions, or their pleasures, the hand of God seizes them, and lo! they are struck with fear. We evidently have not here any indication by which to fasten on a particular event. Whether the addition in Psalms 53 gives any is discussed there. For God is.--For the singular variation in Psalms 53 consult Note on Psalm 14:5 of that psalm. The uneasy sense that, after all, the good have God on their side--this general truth is implied in the phrase "generations of the righteous," even if first employed of faithful Israel--is always a cause of fear to the wicked. Verse 5. - There were they in great fear. "There" - in the midst of their evil-doing, while they are devouring God's people - a sudden terror seizes on them. Psalm 53:5 adds, "Where no fear was," which seems to imply a panic terror, like that which seized the Syrians when they were besieging Samaria (2 Kings 7:6, 7). For God is in the generation of the righteous. God's people cannot be attacked without provoking him; they ere in him, and he in them; he will assuredly come to their relief.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew There they are,שָׁ֤ם ׀ (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither overwhelmed פָּ֣חֲדוּ (pā·ḥă·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6342: To dread, be in dread or in awe with dread, פָ֑חַד (p̄ā·ḥaḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6343: A, alarm for כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction God אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative [is] in the company בְּד֣וֹר (bə·ḏō·wr) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling of the righteous. צַדִּֽיק׃ (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous Links Psalm 14:5 NIVPsalm 14:5 NLT Psalm 14:5 ESV Psalm 14:5 NASB Psalm 14:5 KJV Psalm 14:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 14:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 14:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 14:5 French Bible Psalm 14:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 14:5 There they were in great fear (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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