Psalm 45:3
New International Version
Gird your sword on your side, you mighty one; clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.

New Living Translation
Put on your sword, O mighty warrior! You are so glorious, so majestic!

English Standard Version
Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and majesty!

Berean Standard Bible
Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

King James Bible
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

New King James Version
Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, With Your glory and Your majesty.

New American Standard Bible
Strap Your sword on Your thigh, Mighty One, In Your splendor and majesty!

NASB 1995
Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One, In Your splendor and Your majesty!

NASB 1977
Gird Thy sword on Thy thigh, O Mighty One, In Thy splendor and Thy majesty!

Legacy Standard Bible
Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One, In Your splendor and Your majesty!

Amplified Bible
Strap Your sword on Your thigh, O mighty One, In Your splendor and Your majesty!

Christian Standard Bible
Mighty warrior, strap your sword at your side. In your majesty and splendor —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Mighty warrior, strap your sword at your side. In your majesty and splendor—

American Standard Version
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Gird the sword upon your waist, Oh, Mighty Man, your Excellency and Your Honor,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;

Contemporary English Version
Mighty king, glorious ruler, strap on your sword

Douay-Rheims Bible
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty.

English Revised Version
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
O warrior, strap your sword to your side with your splendor and majesty.

Good News Translation
Buckle on your sword, mighty king; you are glorious and majestic.

International Standard Version
Strap your sword to your side, mighty warrior, along with your honor and majesty.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.

Literal Standard Version
Gird Your sword on the thigh, O Mighty [One], | Your splendor and Your majesty!

Majority Standard Bible
Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

New American Bible
Gird your sword upon your hip, mighty warrior! In splendor and majesty ride on triumphant!

NET Bible
Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!

New Revised Standard Version
Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your glory and majesty.

New Heart English Bible
Gird your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.

Webster's Bible Translation
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

World English Bible
Strap your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and your majesty.

Young's Literal Translation
Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!

Additional Translations ...
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Context
My Heart is Stirred by a Noble Theme
2You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever. 3Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor. 4In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.…

Cross References
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Revelation 1:16
He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

Song of Solomon 3:8
All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Zechariah 9:13
For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.


Treasury of Scripture

Gird your sword on your thigh, O most mighty, with your glory and your majesty.

Gird

Isaiah 49:2
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

Isaiah 63:1-6
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save…

Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

O most

Isaiah 9:6,7
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace…

Acts 10:36
The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

Romans 14:9
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

glory

Psalm 21:5
His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

Psalm 96:6
Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Psalm 104:1
Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

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1. The majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom
10. The duty of the church, and the benefits thereof














(3) Gird thy sword . . . O most mighty.--Or, perhaps, Gird on thy sword in hero guise; or, Gird on thy hero's sword. The object of the poet's praise is as heroic in war as he is beautiful in person.

With thy glory and thy majesty.--This adverbial use of the accusatives may be right, but it seems better to take them in apposition with sword. His weapon was the monarch's glory and pride. Some commentators see here a reference to the custom of girding on the sword said to be still observed at the elevation to the throne of a Persian or Ottoman prince. But the next verse shows that we have rather an ideal picture of the royal bridegroom's prowess in war.

Verse 3. - Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty; i.e. array thyself as a warrior, for thou wilt have enemies to conquer, and wilt need a sword against them (see vers. 4, 5). With thy glory and thy majesty. There is no "with" in the original. Some think his sword is called Messiah's "glory and majesty." Others supply "put on," as implied in the "gird" of the first clause, and translate, "Put on thy glory and thy majesty;" i.e. show thyself in all the majesty and glory that naturally belong to thee. This is quite in accordance with the context.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Strap
חֲגֽוֹר־ (ḥă·ḡō·wr-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 2296: To gird, gird on, gird oneself

your sword
חַרְבְּךָ֣ (ḥar·bə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

at
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your side,
יָרֵ֣ךְ (yā·rêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3409: Thigh,loin, flank, side

O mighty warrior;
גִּבּ֑וֹר (gib·bō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

appear in your majesty
ה֝וֹדְךָ֗ (hō·wḏ·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1935: Splendor, majesty, vigor

and splendor.
וַהֲדָרֶֽךָ׃ (wa·hă·ḏā·re·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1926: Magnificence, ornament, splendor


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