Psalms 89:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I also will make him [my] first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הוּא יִקְרָאֵנִי אָבִי אָתָּה אֵלִי וְצוּר יְשׁוּעָתִי

Transliteration

Hûʾ yiqrāʾēnî ʾābî ʾāttâ, ʾēlî and-ṣûr yᵉšûʿātî

Grammar Details

*Hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
*yiqrāʾēnî*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he will call me
*ʾābî*: noun + 1st person singular suffix - my father
*ʾāttâ*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
*ʾēlî*: noun + 1st person singular suffix - my God
*wᵉ-ṣûr*: conjunction + noun construct - and rock of
*yᵉšûʿātî*: noun + 1st person singular suffix - my salvation

Word Meanings

*yiqrāʾēnî*: he will call me/cry to me
*ʾābî*: my father
*ʾēlî*: my God/my Mighty One
*ṣûr yᵉšûʿātî*: rock of my salvation/my saving strength

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Col 1:15 : 15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
Col 1:18 : 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Rev 19:16 : 16 And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KINGS OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Ps 2:7 : 7 I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.
Rom 8:29 : 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
Ps 72:11 : 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him.
Num 24:7 : 7 Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.
Ps 2:10-12 : 10 Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
Exod 4:22 : 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:
2 Chr 1:12 : 12 wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee; neither shall there any after thee have the like.
2 Chr 9:23-24 : 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 24 And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 89:23-26
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23And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.
24But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
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Ps 89:28-30
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28My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
30If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;
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11And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
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Ps 2:6-8
3 verses
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6Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
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13He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
14I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
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Ps 89:33-37
5 verses
76%
33But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
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Ps 89:19-21
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19Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
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Heb 1:8-9
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74%
8but of the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
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1 Chr 22:10
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73%
3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:
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Heb 1:5
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5For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?
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Ps 45:16
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Ps 89:1
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Ps 21:6
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5then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, according as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.