Psalms 90:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּטֶ֤רֶם ׀ הָ֘רִ֤ים יֻלָּ֗דוּ וַתְּח֣וֹלֵֽל אֶ֣רֶץ וְתֵבֵ֑ל וּֽמֵעוֹלָ֥ם עַד־ע֝וֹלָ֗ם אַתָּ֥ה אֵֽל׃

Transliteration

In ṭerem hārîm yullāḏû wattĕḥôlēl ʾereṣ wĕṯēḇēl, and from ʿôlām to ʿôlām you ʾēl.

Grammar Details

*bĕṭerem*: preposition + adverb - before
*hārîm*: masculine plural - mountains
*yullāḏû*: pual perfect, 3rd plural - were brought forth/born
*wattĕḥôlēl*: conjunction + polel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you formed/gave birth to
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular - earth/land
*wĕṯēḇēl*: conjunction + feminine singular - and world/inhabited part
*ûmēʿôlām*: conjunction + preposition + masculine singular - and from everlasting/eternity
*ʿaḏ-ʿôlām*: preposition + masculine singular - to everlasting/eternity
*ʾattâ*: 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you
*ʾēl*: masculine singular - God/deity

Word Meanings

*ṭerem*: before/not yet
*yullāḏû*: were brought forth/were born
*wattĕḥôlēl*: you gave birth to/you formed/you brought forth
*ʾereṣ*: earth/land/ground
*tēḇēl*: world/inhabited part of the earth
*ʿôlām*: everlasting/eternity/ancient time/long duration
*ʾēl*: God/Mighty One/deity

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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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Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
Ps 93:2 : 2 Thy throne is established of old: Thou art from everlasting.
Ps 102:24-27 : 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations. 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Job 15:7 : 7 Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
Hab 1:12 : 12 Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.
1 Tim 6:15-16 : 15 which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16 who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honor and power eternal. Amen.
Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands: 11 They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and to-day, [yea] and for ever.
Job 38:4-6 : 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner - stone thereof,
Job 38:28-29 : 28 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Ps 103:17 : 17 But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children's children;
Ps 146:6 : 6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;
Prov 8:25-26 : 25 Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth; 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
Isa 45:22 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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