King James Version
What Does Psalms 29:6 Mean?
“He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.”
Context
4
The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. powerful: Heb. in power full: Heb. in majesty
5
The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
7
The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. divideth: Heb. cutteth out
8
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(6) Those trees that are not snapped off, bending to the storm, and swaying in the wind, seem to bound like wild buffaloes. (Comp. Psalm 114:4.)**
Sirion, **according to Deuteronomy 3:9 (which see), was the Sidonian name of Hermon. Here the whole of the range of Anti-Libanus.
**Unicorn.**—See Psalm 22:21, Note.
There is some ambiguity about the suffix, *them. *It may relate to the mountains instead of the cedars, and some commentators divide the clauses thus: “He maketh them skip; like a calf Lebanon, and Sirion like a young buffalo.” It is not, however, necessary to suppose, with some, that an earthquake accompanies the storm; the apparent movement of the hills beingintroduced to heighten the effect of the violence of the tempest.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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Cross-References
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