Psalms 72:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon, throughout all generations.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִֽירָא֥וּךָ עִם־שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְלִפְנֵ֥י יָ֝רֵ֗חַ דּ֣וֹר דּוֹרִֽים׃

Transliteration

yîrāʾûkā with-shāmesh and-before yārēaḥ dôr dôrîm

Grammar Details

*yîrāʾûkā*: verb, imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they will fear you
*ʿim-shāmesh*: preposition + noun, feminine, singular - with/as long as sun
*wə-lipnê*: conjunction + preposition + construct form - and before
*yārēaḥ*: noun, masculine, singular - moon
*dôr dôrîm*: noun, masculine, singular + noun, masculine, plural - generation of generations

Word Meanings

*yîrāʾûkā*: they will fear you/revere you/be in awe of you
*ʿim-shāmesh*: with the sun/as long as the sun/while the sun endures
*lipnê yārēaḥ*: before the moon/in the presence of the moon
*dôr dôrîm*: generation of generations/throughout all generations/all successive generations

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 89:36-37 : 36 His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, And [as] the faithful witness in the sky. {H5542}
Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.
Ps 89:29 : 29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
1 Sam 12:18 : 18 So Samuel called unto Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
Ps 72:7 : 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more.
Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Dan 7:14 : 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Dan 7:27 : 27 And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Luke 1:32-33 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
1 Cor 15:24-25 : 24 Then [cometh] the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he {G302} hath put all his enemies under his feet.
Eph 3:21 : 21 unto him [be] the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.
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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

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40that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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17His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.
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