Psalms 96:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved: He will judge the peoples with equity.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִמְר֤וּ בַגּוֹיִ֨ם ׀ יְה֘וָ֤ה מָלָ֗ךְ אַף־תִּכּ֣וֹן תֵּ֭בֵל בַּל־תִּמּ֑וֹט יָדִ֥ין עַ֝מִּ֗ים בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃

Transliteration

ʾimrû among-haggôyim YHWH mālāḵ also-tikkôn tēḇēl not-timmôṭ yāḏîn ʿammîm in-mêšārîm

Grammar Details

• *ʾimrû*: imperative, masculine plural - say/tell
• *haggôyim*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the nations/gentiles
• *mālāḵ*: verb, perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - reigned/became king
• *tikkôn*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will be established/fixed
• *tēḇēl*: noun, feminine singular - world/inhabited earth
• *timmôṭ*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will be moved/shaken
• *yāḏîn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will judge
• *ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples/nations
• *mêšārîm*: noun, masculine plural - uprightness/equity/straightness

Word Meanings

• *ʾimrû*: say/tell/speak
• *haggôyim*: nations/gentiles/heathen
• *mālāḵ*: reigned/became king/ruled
• *tikkôn*: will be established/fixed/made firm
• *tēḇēl*: world/inhabited earth
• *timmôṭ*: will be moved/shaken/tottered
• *yāḏîn*: will judge/govern/vindicate
• *ʿammîm*: peoples/nations/folk
• *mêšārîm*: uprightness/equity/straightness/fairness

Referenced Verses

• Ps 93:1 : 1 Jehovah reigneth; He is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.
• Ps 9:8 : 8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
• Ps 67:4 : 4 Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For thou wilt judge the peoples with equity, And govern the nations upon earth. {H5542}
• Ps 2:8-9 : 8 Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 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.
• Ps 18:49 : 49 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name.
• Ps 46:6 : 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
• Ps 46:10 : 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
• Ps 58:11 : 11 So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
• Ps 59:13 : 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more: And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth. {H5542}
• Ps 96:13-97:1 : 13 Before Jehovah; For he cometh, For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth. 1 Jehovah reigneth; Let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad.
• Ps 98:9-99:1 : 9 Before Jehovah; For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity. 1 Jehovah reigneth; let the peoples tremble: He sitteth [above] the cherubim; let the earth be moved.
• Ps 126:2 : 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing: Then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.
• Isa 11:3-5 : 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears; 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.
• Isa 49:8 : 8 Thus saith Jehovah, In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages:
• 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.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Mal 1:14 : 14 But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Acts 17:31 : 31 inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
• Rom 2:5-6 : 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 who will render to every man according to his works:
• Rom 3:5-6 : 5 But if our righteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.) 6 God forbid: {G1096} for then how shall God judge the world?
• Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood:
• Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding {G846} in thanksgiving.
• Heb 1:3 : 3 who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had {G1223} {G1438} made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• 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.
• Rev 19:6 : 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.
• Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon {G846} called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.