Psalms 135:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י אֲנִ֣י יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּי־גָד֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה וַ֝אֲדֹנֵ֗ינוּ מִכָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

kī ʾănī yādaʿtī kī-gādōl YHWH waʾădōnēynû mikkol-ʾĕlōhīm

Grammar Details

*kī*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾănī*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*yādaʿtī*: perfect verb, 1st person singular - I know/have known
*gādōl*: adjective, masculine singular - great
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*waʾădōnēynû*: conjunction + noun + 1st person plural suffix - and our Lord
*mikkol*: preposition + noun - from all/above all
*ʾĕlōhīm*: noun, masculine plural - gods

Word Meanings

*yādaʿtī*: I know/I have experienced/I am certain
*gādōl*: great/powerful/important
*ʾădōnēynû*: our lord/our master
*ʾĕlōhīm*: gods/divine beings/mighty ones

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 48:1 : 1 A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised{H8794)} in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
Ps 95:3 : 3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Ps 97:9 : 9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
Isa 40:22 : 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Isa 40:25 : 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Jer 10:10-11 : 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
Dan 3:29 : 29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
Dan 6:26-27 : 26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
Ps 96:4-5 : 4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
Ps 86:8-9 : 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works. 9 All nations whom thou hast made{H8804)} shall come{H8799)} and worship{H8691)} before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify{H8762)} thy name. 10 For thou art great, and doest{H8802)} wondrous things{H8737)}: thou art God alone.
Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the heaven can be compared{H8799)} unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened{H8799)} unto the LORD?
Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

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