Psalms 95:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֹּ֭אוּ נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֣ה וְנִכְרָ֑עָה נִ֝בְרְכָ֗ה לִֽפְנֵי־יְהוָ֥ה עֹשֵֽׂנוּ

Transliteration

bōʾû ništaḥăweh and-nikrāʿâ nibrĕkâ before-YHWH ʿōśēnû

Grammar Details

• *bōʾû*: imperative, masculine plural, qal - come
• *ništaḥăweh*: imperfect, 1st person plural, hishtaphel - let us worship/bow down
• *nikrāʿâ*: cohortative, 1st person plural, qal - let us kneel
• *nibrĕkâ*: cohortative, 1st person plural, qal - let us bless/kneel
• *YHWH*: proper name with prefixed compound preposition lipnê - before YHWH
• *ʿōśēnû*: masculine singular participle, qal with 1st person plural suffix - our maker

Word Meanings

• *bōʾû*: come/enter/go
• *ništaḥăweh*: worship/bow down/prostrate
• *nikrāʿâ*: kneel/bow down
• *nibrĕkâ*: bless/kneel/praise
• *ʿōśēnû*: our maker/our creator

Referenced Verses

• Ps 100:3 : 3 Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
• 2 Chr 6:13 : 13 (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
• Dan 6:10 : 10 And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
• Phil 2:10 : 10 that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven and [things] on earth and [things] under the earth,
• Exod 20:5 : 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
• Ps 95:1 : 1 Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
• Eph 3:14 : 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,
• Ps 149:2 : 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
• Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
• Isa 17:7 : 7 In that day shall men look unto their Maker, and their eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Ezra 9:5 : 5 And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe tore; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God;
• Job 35:10 : 10 But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,
• Ps 72:9 : 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.
• Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
• Hos 8:14 : 14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.
• Matt 4:2 : 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.
• Matt 4:9 : 9 and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
• Mark 14:35 : 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
• Luke 22:41 : 41 And he was parted from them about a stone's cast; and he kneeled down and prayed,
• John 1:3 : 3 All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.
• Acts 7:60 : 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• Acts 10:25-26 : 25 And when it came to pass that Peter {G1096} entered, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. 26 But Peter raised him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
• Acts 20:36 : 36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all.
• Acts 21:5 : 5 And when it came to pass that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey; and they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way till we were out of the city: and kneeling down on the beach, we prayed, and bade each other farewell;
• 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.
• 1 Kgs 8:54 : 54 And it was so, that, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.
• 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.
• Rev 22:8 : 8 And I John am he that heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that showed me these things.
• Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: {G2532} he that will, let him take the water of life freely.