What does it mean that the Lord most high is "terrible" in the KJV?
Psalms 47:1 - 9
KJV - 1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
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Asked October 15 2019
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Timothy Taylor
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Francis MUGISHA
The word terrible in the Hebrew bible is ירא which simply means fear. Like all over the bible the fear of the lord is a good thing, but in time the word terrible came to have connotations of bad things. Even from its Latin root it is not a bad word.