Be still, and know that I am God. In Spanish the stillness comes through in the very sound of it: Estén quietos.
The Reina-Valera text is below with the English, read by a real voice at full speed and slow.
Psalm 46:10 · Salmo 46:10
Estén quietos, y conozcan que yo soy Dios.
Be still and know that I am God.
Word by word
Estén quietos
Be still (plural imperative of "estar quieto")
y
and
conozcan
know (plural command of "conocer")
que
that
yo soy
I am
Dios
God
How to pronounce it
estén quietos: ehs-TEHN KYEH-tohs. "Be still." The quiet command the whole verse rests on.
conozcan: koh-NOHS-kahn. "Know." The z sounds like s.
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How do you say "be still and know that I am God" in Spanish?+
"Estén quietos, y conozcan que yo soy Dios", as our modernized Reina-Valera renders Psalm 46:10. Estén quietos (be still), y conozcan (and know), que yo soy Dios (that I am God).