Psalms 115:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He will bless them that fear Jehovah, Both small and great.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְ֭בָרֵךְ יִרְאֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הַ֝קְּטַנִּ֗ים עִם־הַגְּדֹלִֽים׃

Transliteration

Yĕḇārēḵ yirʾê YHWH, the-qĕṭannim with-the-gĕḏōlîm.

Grammar Details

• *Yĕḇārēḵ*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, 'he will bless'
• *yirʾê*: adjective, masculine plural construct, 'fearers of'
• *YHWH*: divine name
• הַקְּטַנִּים: definite article + adjective, masculine plural, 'the small ones'
• עִם: preposition, 'with'
• הַגְּדֹלִים: definite article + adjective, masculine plural, 'the great ones'

Word Meanings

• *Yĕḇārēḵ*: will bless/will cause to prosper
• *yirʾê*: fearers of/those who fear
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *qĕṭannim*: small ones/little ones/young
• *gĕḏōlîm*: great ones/important ones/elders

Referenced Verses

• Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments.
• Ps 128:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways.
• Rev 11:18 : 18 And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and [the time] to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.
• Rev 19:5 : 5 And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all ye his servants, {G2532} ye that fear him, the small and the great.
• Luke 1:50 : 50 And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.
• Acts 13:26 : 26 {G435} Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of this salvation sent forth.
• Acts 26:22 : 22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing {G1622} but what the prophets and Moses did say should come;
• Col 3:11 : 11 where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
• Ps 128:4-5 : 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah. 5 Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
• Mal 3:16-17 : 16 Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
• Ps 29:11 : 11 Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.
• Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.