Psalms 93:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The seat of your power has been from the past; you are eternal.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָכ֣וֹן כִּסְאֲךָ֣ מֵאָ֑ז מֵֽעוֹלָ֣ם אָֽתָּה׃

Transliteration

nāḵôn kisʾăḵā mēʾāz mēʿôlām ʾāttāh

Grammar Details

• *nāḵôn*: verb, niphal participle, masculine singular - established/firm
• *kisʾăḵā*: noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your throne
• *mēʾāz*: preposition + adverb - from then/of old
• *mēʿôlām*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from everlasting/eternity
• *ʾāttāh*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you

Word Meanings

• *nāḵôn*: established/firm/fixed
• *mēʾāz*: from of old/from then/from ancient times
• *mēʿôlām*: from everlasting/from eternity/from antiquity

Referenced Verses

• Ps 45:6 : 6 Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.
• Ps 90:2 : 2 Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.
• Rev 2:8 : 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living:
• Ps 102:24-27 : 24 I will say, O my God, take me not away before my time; your years go on through all generations: 25 In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 26 They will come to an end, but you will still go on; they all will become old like a coat, and like a robe they will be changed: 27 But you are the unchanging One, and your years will have no end.
• Ps 145:13 : 13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your rule is through all generations.
• Prov 8:22-23 : 22 The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past. 23 From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.
• Dan 4:34 : 34 And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever, whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from generation to generation.
• Mic 5:2 : 2 For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.
• Heb 1:10-12 : 10 You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands: 11 They will come to their end; but you are for ever; they will become old as a robe; 12 They will be rolled up like a cloth, even like a robe, and they will be changed: but you are the same and your years will have no end.
• Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.
• Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.
• Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
• Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one; 18 And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.