1 Samuel 2:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֞ה יֵחַ֣תּוּ מְרִיבָ֗יו עָלָיו֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם יַרְעֵ֔ם יְהוָ֖ה יָדִ֣ין אַפְסֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְיִתֶּן־עֹ֣ז לְמַלְכּ֔וֹ וְיָרֵ֖ם קֶ֥רֶן מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

YHWH yēḥattû mərîbāyw, against him in šāmayim yarʿēm; YHWH yādîn ʾafsê-ʾāreṣ, and yitten-ʿōz to malkô, and yārēm qeren məšîḥô.

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *yēḥattû*: Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be shattered/broken
• *mərîbāyw*: Qal participle masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his adversaries
• *šāmayim*: noun masculine plural - heavens
• *yarʿēm*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he thunders
• *yādîn*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he judges
• *ʾafsê*: noun masculine plural construct - ends of
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun feminine singular - earth/land
• *yitten*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he gives
• *ʿōz*: noun masculine singular - strength
• *malkô*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his king
• *yārēm*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he exalts
• *qeren*: noun feminine singular construct - horn of
• *məšîḥô*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his anointed

Word Meanings

• *yēḥattû*: they will be shattered/broken/dismayed
• *mərîbāyw*: his adversaries/opponents/enemies
• *yarʿēm*: he thunders/roars/causes to tremble
• *yādîn*: he judges/governs/vindicates
• *ʾafsê*: ends/extremities/boundaries
• *yitten*: he gives/grants/bestows
• *ʿōz*: strength/might/power
• *yārēm*: he exalts/lifts up/raises
• *qeren*: horn (symbol of strength/power/dignity)
• *məšîḥô*: his anointed one/his messiah

Referenced Verses

• Ps 2:9 : 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
• Ps 96:13 : 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.
• Ps 89:24 : 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted{H8799)}.
• Ps 98:9 : 9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
• Ps 21:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
• 1 Sam 7:10 : 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
• Ps 18:13-14 : 13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
• Exod 15:6 : 6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
• Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
• Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
• Ps 45:7 : 7 Thou lovest{H8804)} righteousness, and hatest{H8799)} wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed{H8804)} thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
• Matt 25:31-32 : 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Ps 92:9-9 : 9 For, lo, thine enemies{H8802)}, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies{H8802)} shall perish{H8799)}; all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity shall be scattered{H8691)}. 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt{H8686)} like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed{H8804)} with fresh oil.
• Luke 1:69 : 69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
• Luke 19:27 : 27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
• John 5:21-22 : 21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
• Acts 4:27 : 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
• Acts 10:38 : 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
• Rom 14:10-12 : 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
• Rev 20:11-15 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
• Ps 50:1-6 : 1 A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken{H8765)}, and called{H8799)} the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined{H8689)}. 3 Our God shall come{H8799)}, and shall not keep silence{H8799)}: a fire shall devour{H8799)} before him, and it shall be very tempestuous{H8738)} round about him. 4 He shall call{H8799)} to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge{H8800)} his people. 5 Gather{H8798)} my saints together unto me; those that have made{H8802)} a covenant with me by sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare{H8686)} his righteousness: for God is judge{H8802)} himself. Selah.
• Ps 68:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise{H8799)}, let his enemies{H8802)} be scattered{H8799)}: let them also that hate{H8764)} him flee{H8799)} before him. 2 As smoke is driven away{H8736)}, so drive them away{H8799)}: as wax melteth{H8736)} before the fire, so let the wicked perish{H8799)} at the presence of God.
• Ps 89:17 : 17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted{H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)}.
• Ps 148:14 : 14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
• Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
• Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
• Isa 32:1 : 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
• Isa 45:24 : 24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
• Judg 5:31 : 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
• Ps 20:6 : 6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
• Ps 21:7-9 : 7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
• Ps 28:8 : 8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
• 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
• 1 Sam 12:13 : 13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
• 1 Sam 12:18 : 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
• 1 Sam 15:28 : 28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
• 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
• 2 Sam 7:8 : 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
• 2 Sam 7:13 : 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
• 2 Sam 22:14 : 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
• Job 40:9 : 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?