Psalms 95:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֘י ה֤וּא אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וַאֲנַ֤חְנוּ עַ֣ם מַ֭רְעִיתוֹ וְצֹ֣אן יָד֑וֹ הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אִֽם־בְּקֹל֥וֹ תִשְׁמָֽעוּ

Transliteration

For he ʾĕlōhênû and-ʾănaḥnû ʿam marʿîtô and-ṣōʾn his-yād the-yôm if-in-his-qōl tišmāʿû

Grammar Details

*ʾĕlōhênû*: masculine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - our God
*ʾănaḥnû*: 1st person plural independent pronoun - we
*ʿam*: masculine singular noun - people
*marʿîtô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pasture
*ṣōʾn*: collective noun - sheep/flock
*yād*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hand
*yôm*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the day
*qōl*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - in his voice
*tišmāʿû*: imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural, qal - you will hear/listen

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlōhênû*: our God/our deity
*ʾănaḥnû*: we
*ʿam*: people/nation
*marʿîtô*: his pasture/his grazing place
*ṣōʾn*: sheep/flock
*yād*: hand/power/care
*yôm*: day/time
*qōl*: voice/sound
*tišmāʿû*: hear/listen/obey

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Heb 4:7 : 7 he again defineth a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before), To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts.
Heb 3:7-9 : 7 Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness, 9 Where your fathers tried [me] by proving [me], And saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err in their heart: But they did not know my ways; 11 As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
Heb 3:15 : 15 while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Rev 3:20 : 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Ps 48:14 : 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide [even] unto death.
Ps 74:1 : 1 Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Ps 79:13-80:1 : 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations. 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth.
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.
Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.
Prov 8:6 : 6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Isa 40:10-11 : 10 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those that have their young.
Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
Ezek 34:30-31 : 30 And they shall know that I, Jehovah, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord Jehovah. 31 And ye my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Matt 3:2-3 : 2 Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
John 10:3-4 : 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 {G2532} When he hath put forth all his own, {G4263} he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
John 10:14-16 : 14 I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me, 15 even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.
Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed {G3767} unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.
Ps 67:6 : 6 The earth hath yielded its increase: God, even our own God, will bless us.
Exod 15:2 : 2 Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him.
Exod 20:2 : 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Ps 23:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Heb 3:13 : 13 but exhort one another {G1538} day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin:
Heb 11:16 : 16 But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 100:3-4
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3Know 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.
4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name.
Ps 95:8
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8Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
Heb 3:7
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7Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,
Ps 95:6
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6Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:
Heb 4:7
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7he again defineth a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before), To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts.
Heb 3:15
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15while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Ezek 34:31
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31And ye my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Ezek 34:7
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7Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:
Ps 74:1
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1Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Ezek 34:9
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9therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:
Ps 79:13
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13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations.
Ps 50:7
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7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, [even] thy God.
John 10:3-4
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71%
3To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4{G2532} When he hath put forth all his own, {G4263} he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
Ps 95:1-3
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71%
1Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3For Jehovah is a great God, And a great King above all gods.
Ps 23:1-2
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71%
1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.
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Ps 105:7
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Isa 64:8-9
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8But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
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Ps 132:7
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Deut 5:25
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Ps 8:7
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7All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,
John 10:27
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Ps 44:22
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Ps 44:11
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Dan 9:14-15
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Ps 33:12
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Ps 99:9
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9Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his holy hill; For Jehovah our God is holy.
Ps 78:52
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52But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Ps 80:1
69%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth.
Jer 7:23
69%
23but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
Zech 11:4
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4Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;
Ps 66:8
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8Oh bless our God, ye peoples, And make the voice of his praise to be heard;
Ps 46:1
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1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
Ps 81:8
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8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
Deut 5:27
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27Go thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that Jehovah our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
Ps 46:7
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7Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. {H5542}
Jer 31:10
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10Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Deut 27:9
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9And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and hearken, O Israel: this day thou art become the people of Jehovah thy God.
Deut 29:13
68%
13that he may establish thee this day unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he spake unto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Ps 118:27
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27Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Deut 4:7
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7For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whensoever we call upon him?