Psalms 97:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֵבֹ֤שׁוּ ׀ כָּל־עֹ֬בְדֵי פֶ֗סֶל הַמִּֽתְהַלְלִ֥ים בָּאֱלִילִ֑ים הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ־ל֝וֹ כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים

Transliteration

yēḇōšû kol-ʿōḇḏê p̄esel ha-mmiṯhalĕlîm bā-ʾĕlîlîm hištaḥăwû-lô kol-ʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

*yēḇōšû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be ashamed
*kol-ʿōḇḏê*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine plural construct - all servants of
*p̄esel*: noun, masculine singular - carved image/idol
*ha-mmiṯhalĕlîm*: definite article + hitpael participle, masculine plural - the ones boasting themselves
*bā-ʾĕlîlîm*: preposition bet + definite article + noun, masculine plural - in the idols/worthless things
*hištaḥăwû-lô*: hishtaphel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural + preposition lamed + suffix, 3rd person masculine singular - bow down to him
*kol-ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine plural - all gods

Word Meanings

*yēḇōšû*: will be ashamed/will be put to shame/will be disgraced
*ʿōḇḏê*: servants of/worshippers of/those who serve
*p̄esel*: carved image/idol/statue
*miṯhalĕlîm*: boasting/glorying/praising themselves
*ʾĕlîlîm*: idols/worthless things/nothings
*hištaḥăwû*: bow down/prostrate yourselves/worship
*ʾĕlōhîm*: gods/divine beings/mighty ones

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Referenced Verses

Heb 1:6 : 6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Jer 10:14 : 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Isa 42:17 : 17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
Lev 26:1 : 1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
Deut 5:8 : 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Deut 27:15 : 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
2 Chr 3:13 : 13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
Isa 37:18-19 : 18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, 19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
Isa 41:29 : 29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Isa 44:9-9 : 9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
Exod 20:4 : 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Exod 25:20 : 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
1 Pet 1:12 : 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
Rev 5:11-14 : 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
Rev 14:8-9 : 8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

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