Psalms 96:10

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

📖 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 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
• Ps 9:8 : 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
• Ps 67:4 : 4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
• Ps 2:8-9 : 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen 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 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Ps 18:49 : 49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
• Ps 46:6 : 6 The heathen 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 heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
• Ps 58:11 : 11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
• Ps 59:13 : 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
• Ps 96:13-97:1 : 13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. 1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
• Ps 98:9-99:1 : 9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. 1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; 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 heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
• Isa 11:3-5 : 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove 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 loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
• Isa 49:8 : 8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard 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 establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
• Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other 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 heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Mal 1:14 : 14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Acts 17:31 : 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that 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 unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
• Rom 3:5-6 : 5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) 6 God forbid: 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 heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
• Col 2:7 : 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
• Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms 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 thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
• Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.