Psalms 95:6

King James Version 1611 (Original)

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֹּ֭אוּ נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֣ה וְנִכְרָ֑עָה נִ֝בְרְכָ֗ה לִֽפְנֵי־יְהוָ֥ה עֹשֵֽׂנוּ

Transliteration

bōʾû ništaḥăweh and-nikrāʿâ nibrĕkâ before-YHWH ʿōśēnû

Grammar Details

• *bōʾû*: imperative, masculine plural, qal - come
• *ništaḥăweh*: imperfect, 1st person plural, hishtaphel - let us worship/bow down
• *nikrāʿâ*: cohortative, 1st person plural, qal - let us kneel
• *nibrĕkâ*: cohortative, 1st person plural, qal - let us bless/kneel
• *YHWH*: proper name with prefixed compound preposition lipnê - before YHWH
• *ʿōśēnû*: masculine singular participle, qal with 1st person plural suffix - our maker

Word Meanings

• *bōʾû*: come/enter/go
• *ništaḥăweh*: worship/bow down/prostrate
• *nikrāʿâ*: kneel/bow down
• *nibrĕkâ*: bless/kneel/praise
• *ʿōśēnû*: our maker/our creator

Referenced Verses

• Ps 100:3 : 3 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.
• 2 Chr 6:13 : 13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
• Dan 6:10 : 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
• Phil 2:10 : 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
• Exod 20:5 : 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
• Ps 95:1 : 1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
• Eph 3:14 : 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Ps 149:2 : 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
• Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
• Isa 17:7 : 7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Ezra 9:5 : 5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
• Job 35:10 : 10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
• Ps 72:9 : 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
• Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
• Hos 8:14 : 14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
• Matt 4:2 : 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
• Matt 4:9 : 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
• Mark 14:35 : 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
• Luke 22:41 : 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
• John 1:3 : 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
• Acts 7:60 : 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• Acts 10:25-26 : 25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. 26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
• Acts 20:36 : 36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
• Acts 21:5 : 5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
• 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
• 1 Kgs 8:54 : 54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
• 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
• Rev 22:8 : 8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
• Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.