Psalms 100:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Know that the Lord is God. He made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דְּע֗וּ כִּֽי־יְהוָה֮ ה֤וּא אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים הֽוּא־עָ֭שָׂנוּ *ולא **וְל֣וֹ אֲנַ֑חְנוּ עַ֝מּ֗וֹ וְצֹ֣אן מַרְעִיתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

dəʿû that-YHWH hûʾ ʾĕlōhîm; hûʾ-ʿāśānû (welōʾ) *and-to-lô ʾănaḥnû; ʿammô and-ṣōʾn marʿîtô*

Grammar Details

• *dəʿû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - know
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God
• *ʿāśānû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person common plural suffix - he made us
• *welōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not [textual variant]
• *lô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him/belonging to him
• *ʾănaḥnû*: pronoun, 1st person common plural - we
• *ʿammô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his people
• *ṣōʾn*: noun, feminine singular construct - sheep/flock
• *marʿîtô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pasture

Word Meanings

• *dəʿû*: know/understand/recognize
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being
• *ʿāśānû*: he made us/he created us/he fashioned us
• (*welōʾ*) **וְל֣וֹ: textual variant: 'and not we ourselves' vs. 'and we are his'
• *ʿammô*: his people/his nation/his folk
• *ṣōʾn*: sheep/flock/small cattle
• *marʿîtô*: his pasture/his pasturage/his grazing place

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Know that the LORD, He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Know{H3045} ye that Jehovah,{H3068} he is God:{H430} It is he that hath made{H6213} us, and we are his; We are his people,{H5971} and the sheep{H6629} of his pasture.{H4830}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Know{H3045}{(H8798)} ye that the LORD{H3068} he is God{H430}: it is he that hath made{H6213}{(H8804)} us, and not we ourselves; we are his people{H5971}, and the sheep{H6629} of his pasture{H4830}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  It is he yt hath made vs, & not we oure selues: we are but his people, & the shepe of his pasture.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Knowe ye that euen the Lord is God: hee hath made vs, and not we our selues: we are his people, and the sheepe of his pasture.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Be ye sure that God is the Lorde, it is he that hath made vs, and not we our selues: we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Know that Jehovah He `is' God, He made us, and we are His, His people -- and the flock of His pasture.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Acknowledge that the LORD is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 46:10 : 10 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; He breaks the bow, cuts the spear in two, and burns the chariots with fire.
• Ps 95:6-7 : 6 Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker. 7 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
• Ps 119:73 : 73 Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
• Ezek 34:30-31 : 30 Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they are My people—the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD. 31 You are My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord GOD.
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we might walk in them.
• 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator while continuing to do good.
• Ps 149:2 : 2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
• 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were like sheep wandering astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• John 17:3 : 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
• 1 Cor 6:19-20 : 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 You were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and spirit, which are God's.
• Ps 139:13-24 : 13 For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be. 17 How precious to me are Your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with You. 19 If only You, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! 20 They speak of You with evil intent; Your adversaries misuse Your name. 21 Do I not hate those who hate You, LORD, and detest those who rise up against You? 22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them as my enemies. 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
• Ps 74:1-2 : 1 A contemplation of Asaph. O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger burn against the sheep of Your pasture? 2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased of old, the tribe of Your inheritance, which You redeemed—Mount Zion, where You have dwelled.
• Deut 4:35 : 35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
• Job 10:8-9 : 8 Your hands shaped me and made me, yet now You destroy me completely. 9 Remember, You fashioned me from clay; will You now return me to dust? 10 Did You not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? 11 You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. 12 You gave me life and steadfast love, and Your care preserved my spirit. 13 Yet You hid these things in Your heart; I know this was Your intention.
• 2 Kgs 19:19 : 19 But now, Lord our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, Lord, are God.
• Deut 7:9 : 9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of steadfast love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
• 1 Sam 17:46-47 : 46 'Today, the LORD will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you down and cut off your head. I will give the corpses of the Philistines’ army today to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.' 47 'And all those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle belongs to the LORD, and He will give you into our hands.'
• Ps 78:52 : 52 But He led His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
• Ps 79:13 : 13 Then we, Your people and the sheep of Your pasture, will give thanks to You forever; from generation to generation, we will proclaim Your praise.
• Acts 20:28-29 : 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. 29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
• Ezek 34:11 : 11 For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and look after them.
• John 10:26-28 : 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.
• Isa 40:9-9 : 9 You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, 'Here is your God!' 10 See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power, and his arm rules for him. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him. 11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
• Isa 63:11 : 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people: Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherds of his flock? Where is the one who set his Holy Spirit among them,
• Isa 63:19 : 19 We are yours from of old, but you have not ruled over them; they have not been called by your name. Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!
• 1 Pet 5:2-4 : 2 Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, watching over them—not under compulsion, but freely; not for dishonest gain, but eagerly. 3 Do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock. 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
• Jer 10:10 : 10 But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God, the eternal King. When He is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure His wrath.
• John 10:14-16 : 14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me. 15 Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Gal 4:8-9 : 8 But in the past, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who by nature are not gods. 9 But now, having come to know God—or rather, having been known by God—how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, whose slaves you want to be once more?
• Acts 17:23-24 : 23 As I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So, you are worshiping in ignorance the very one I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands.
• Ps 95:3 : 3 For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods.
• Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years arrive when you say, 'I find no pleasure in them.'
• 1 Kgs 18:36-39 : 36 At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached and said, "LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You are God in Israel, that I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your command. 37 Answer me, LORD, answer me, so that this people will know that You, LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back to Yourself. 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, "The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!"
• Deut 4:39 : 39 So know today and take it to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
• Job 10:3 : 3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?
• Ps 12:4 : 4 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks with arrogance.