Psalms 100:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Serve the Lord with gladness; come into His presence with joyful singing.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה בֹּ֥אוּ לְ֝פָנָ֗יו בִּרְנָנָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʿibdû ʾet-YHWH in-śimḥâh; bōʾû to-pānâw in-rənānâh

Grammar Details

• *ʿibdû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - serve
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *śimḥâh*: noun, feminine singular - joy/gladness
• *bōʾû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - come/enter
• *pānâw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his face/presence
• *rənānâh*: noun, feminine singular - joyful singing/shouting

Word Meanings

• *ʿibdû*: serve/worship/work for
• *śimḥâh*: joy/gladness/happiness/celebration
• *bōʾû*: come/enter/go in
• *pānâw*: his face/his presence/before him
• *rənānâh*: joyful singing/shouting/ringing cry

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Serve the LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Serve{H5647} Jehovah{H3068} with gladness:{H8057} Come{H935} before his presence{H6440} with singing.{H7445}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Serve{H5647}{(H8798)} the LORD{H3068} with gladness{H8057}: come{H935}{(H8798)} before his presence{H6440} with singing{H7445}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Be ye sure, yt the LORDE he is God:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Serue the Lord with gladnes: come before him with ioyfulnes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  serue God with gladnesse, and come before his face with a ioyfull noyse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Serve Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him with a song.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Worship the LORD with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing!

Referenced Verses

• Ps 95:2 : 2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
• Deut 28:47 : 47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God joyfully and wholeheartedly in the time of abundance.
• Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always! I will say it again: Rejoice!
• 1 Kgs 8:66 : 66 On the eighth day, he sent the people away, and they blessed the king. They returned to their homes rejoicing and with glad hearts for all the goodness the LORD had shown to His servant David and His people Israel.
• 2 Chr 20:27-28 : 27 Then, led by Jehoshaphat, all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had given them cause to rejoice over their enemies. 28 They entered Jerusalem and went to the temple of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.
• 2 Chr 31:2 : 2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites, each man according to his service—priests and Levites alike—for burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to sing praises at the gates of the Lord’s camp.
• Ps 42:4 : 4 My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day long, 'Where is your God?'
• Ps 63:4-5 : 4 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. 5 So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name, I will lift up my hands.
• Ps 71:23 : 23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you—I, whom you have redeemed.
• Ps 107:21-22 : 21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His steadfast love and His wonderful deeds for mankind. 22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and tell of His works with shouts of joy.
• Acts 2:46-47 : 46 Day by day, they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added daily to their numbers those who were being saved.
• Deut 12:12 : 12 You shall rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.
• Deut 16:11 : 11 Rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, the Levite in your towns, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow living among you, in the place the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.
• Deut 16:14 : 14 Be joyful at your festival—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who live in your towns.