Psalms 33:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִֽירְא֣וּ מֵ֭יְהוָה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ מִמֶּ֥נּוּ יָ֝ג֗וּרוּ כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י תֵבֵֽל׃

Transliteration

Yîrə'û from-YHWH all-the-ʾāreṣ from-him yāgûrû all-yōšəbê tēbēl

Grammar Details

• *Yîrə'û*: qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - let them fear/they will fear
• *mē-YHWH*: divine name with preposition *min* (from) - from YHWH
• *kāl*: masculine singular construct - all/every
• *hā-ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth/land
• *mimmenû*: preposition *min* (from) with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from him
• *yāgûrû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - let them be in awe/they will stand in awe
• *yōšəbê*: masculine plural construct participle - inhabitants of/dwellers of
• *tēbēl*: feminine singular noun - world/inhabited world

Word Meanings

• *Yîrə'û*: let them fear/they will fear/they should be afraid
• *ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
• *yāgûrû*: stand in awe/be afraid/tremble
• *yōšəbê*: inhabitants of/dwellers of/those who live in
• *tēbēl*: world/inhabited world/inhabited part

Referenced Verses

• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Ps 67:7 : 7 God shall bless{H8762)} us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear{H8799)} him.
• Ps 76:7 : 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared{H8737)}: and who may stand{H8799)} in thy sight when once thou art angry?
• Ps 96:9-9 : 9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. 10 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.
• Jer 10:7-9 : 7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. 9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. 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. 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
• Dan 6:25-26 : 25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 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.
• Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
• Rev 14:6-7 : 6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.