8God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.


In Context

5 God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.

6 Sing praise to God, sing praises. Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

7 For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.

8 God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.

9 The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted! A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

Psalm 47:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

47:8God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

47:8God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

47:8God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

47:8God reigneth over the nations: God sitteth upon his holy throne.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:8God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

47:8God reigneth over the nations: God sitteth upon his holy throne.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:8God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

47:8God hath reigned over nations, God hath sat on His holy throne,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

47:8God reigns over the heathen: God sits on the throne of his holiness.