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Psalms 97:5

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

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הָרִ֗יםharimhillהַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “hill”, the ordinary formH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.כַּדּוֹנַ֗גkadonagas waxדּוֹנַגpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as wax”, the ordinary formH1749wax;wax.נָ֭מַסּוּnamasvfaintמָסַסverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “faint”, a completed actionH4549to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, [idiom] utterly.מִלִּפְנֵ֣יmilifnefrom to a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, preposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “from to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).מִ֝לִּפְנֵ֗יmilifnefrom to a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, preposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “from to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…אֲד֣וֹןadonlordאָדוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH113sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

Hills, like wax, melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth.

World English Bible

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Darby Translation

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Douay-Rheims

Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on the harp, and with the voice of a psalm:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τὰ ὄρη ὡσεὶ κηρὸς ἐτάκησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου, ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου πάσης τῆς γῆς.