King James Version
Jeremiah 10:6 in the King James Version says “Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.”
Jeremiah 10:6 · KJV
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. to: or, it liketh thee
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. altogether: Heb. in one, or, at once
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee O LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and thy name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
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