Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due. New Living Translation Who can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve. English Standard Version Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you? Berean Standard Bible Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due. King James Bible Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. New King James Version Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath. New American Standard Bible Who understands the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You? NASB 1995 Who understands the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You? NASB 1977 Who understands the power of Thine anger, And Thy fury, according to the fear that is due Thee? Legacy Standard Bible Who knows the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You? Amplified Bible Who understands the power of Your anger? [Who connects this brevity of life among us with Your judgment of sin?] And Your wrath, [who connects it] with the [reverent] fear that is due You? Christian Standard Bible Who understands the power of your anger? Your wrath matches the fear that is due you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Who understands the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear that is due You. American Standard Version Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee? Contemporary English Version No one knows the full power of your furious anger, but it is as great as the fear that we owe to you. English Revised Version Who knoweth the power of thine anger, and thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee? GOD'S WORD® Translation Who fully understands the power of your anger? A person fears you more when he better understands your fury. Good News Translation Who has felt the full power of your anger? Who knows what fear your fury can bring? International Standard Version Who can know the intensity of your anger? Because our fear of you matches your wrath, Majority Standard Bible Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due. NET Bible Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you. New Heart English Bible Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you? Webster's Bible Translation Who knoweth the power of thy anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. World English Bible Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWho knows the power of Your anger? And according to Your fear—Your wrath? Young's Literal Translation Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear -- Thy wrath? Smith's Literal Translation Who shall know the strength of thine anger? and according to thy fear, thy wrath. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWho knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Who comprehends the strength of your anger? Your wrath matches the fear it inspires. New Revised Standard Version Who considers the power of your anger? Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWho knows the power of thine anger and the fear of thy wrath? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Who knows the power of your passion and the awesomeness of your passion? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Who knoweth the power of Thine anger, And Thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto Thee? Brenton Septuagint Translation Who knows the power of thy wrath? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context I Will Sing of His Love Forever…10The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. 11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due. 12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.… Cross References Job 28:28 And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’” Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. Ecclesiastes 12:13 When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man. Isaiah 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?” Jeremiah 5:22 Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it. Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 2 Chronicles 19:7 And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.” Isaiah 8:13 The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded. Malachi 3:2 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. Hebrews 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Romans 3:18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” 2 Corinthians 5:11 Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well. Luke 12:5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him! Matthew 10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Revelation 15:4 Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.” Treasury of Scripture Who knows the power of your anger? even according to your fear, so is your wrath. Leviticus 26:18,21,24,28 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins… Deuteronomy 28:59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. Deuteronomy 29:20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. Jump to Previous Anger Considers Due Fear Fury Great Note Passion Power Understands Weight WrathJump to Next Anger Considers Due Fear Fury Great Note Passion Power Understands Weight WrathPsalm 90 1. Moses, setting forth God's providence3. Complains of human fragility 7. Divine chastisement 10. and brevity of life 12. He prays for the knowledge and sensible experience of God's good providence. Who knows The phrase "Who knows" invites contemplation and introspection. In Hebrew, the word "yada" is used, which means to know deeply or intimately. This suggests that understanding God's anger is not merely an intellectual exercise but requires a profound, personal insight. It challenges believers to seek a deeper relationship with God to truly comprehend His nature. the power of Your anger Your wrath matches the fear You are due Who regardeth Thine anger And--in a measure due to reverence--Thy wrath? Who (no doubt with thought of Israel's enemies) has that just terror of Thy wrath which a truly reverential regard would produce? It is only the persons who have that fearful and bowed apprehension of His Majesty, and that sacred dread of all offence to Him, which is called the "fear of God." And this is not inconsistent with a child-like trust and love, and a peaceful security ("Of whom, then, shall I be afraid?"). On the other hand, those who scoff against religion often become the victims of wild and base terror. Verse 11 - Who knoweth the power of thins anger? Who can duly estimate the intensity of God's anger against such as have displeased him? Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath; rather, or who can estimate thy fury as the fear of thee (i.e. the proper fear) requires? The verse is exegetical of ver. 9, and is intended to impress on man the terribleness of God's anger.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whoמִֽי־ (mî-) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix knows י֭וֹדֵעַ (yō·w·ḏê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know the power עֹ֣ז (‘ōz) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5797: Strength, might of Your anger? אַפֶּ֑ךָ (’ap·pe·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire Your wrath עֶבְרָתֶֽךָ׃ (‘eḇ·rā·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5678: Overflow, arrogance, fury matches the fear You are due. וּ֝כְיִרְאָתְךָ֗ (ū·ḵə·yir·’ā·ṯə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3374: Fear, reverence Links Psalm 90:11 NIVPsalm 90:11 NLT Psalm 90:11 ESV Psalm 90:11 NASB Psalm 90:11 KJV Psalm 90:11 BibleApps.com Psalm 90:11 Biblia Paralela Psalm 90:11 Chinese Bible Psalm 90:11 French Bible Psalm 90:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 90:11 Who knows the power of your anger (Psalm Ps Psa.) |