Psalms 138:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O Jehovah, For they have heard the words of thy mouth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יוֹד֣וּךָ יְ֭הוָה כָּל־מַלְכֵי־אָ֑רֶץ כִּ֥י שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

They will yādāh-you YHWH all-melek-of-ʾereṣ, kî they have šāmaʿ ʾimrê-peh-your.

Grammar Details

*yādāh*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person plural with 2nd person masculine suffix - they will praise/thank/acknowledge you
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*melek*: masculine plural construct - kings of
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular absolute - earth/land
*kî*: conjunction - because/for/that
*šāmaʿ*: Qal perfect 3rd person plural - they have heard
*ʾimrê*: masculine plural construct - words/sayings of
*peh*: masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine suffix - your mouth

Word Meanings

*yādāh*: praise/thank/acknowledge/confess
*YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah (divine name)
*melek*: king/ruler/sovereign
*ʾereṣ*: earth/land/ground/territory
*šāmaʿ*: hear/listen/understand/obey
*ʾimrê*: words/sayings/speeches/commands
*peh*: mouth/speech/command/edge

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 102:15 : 15 So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory.
Ps 22:22 : 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.
Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Ps 72:11 : 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him.
Ps 51:13 : 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; And sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Ps 69:30-32 : 30 I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving. 31 And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, [Or] a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 32 The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.
Ps 71:18 : 18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
Ps 102:22 : 22 When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Isa 60:3-5 : 3 And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be carried in the arms. 5 Then thou shalt see and be radiant, and thy heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.
Isa 60:16 : 16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become [the kingdom] of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Rev 21:24 : 24 And the nations {G4982} shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory {G2532} {G5092} into it.

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