Psalms 100:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Serve the LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה בֹּ֥אוּ לְ֝פָנָ֗יו בִּרְנָנָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʿibdû ʾet-YHWH in-śimḥâh; bōʾû to-pānâw in-rənānâh

Grammar Details

• *ʿibdû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - serve
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *śimḥâh*: noun, feminine singular - joy/gladness
• *bōʾû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - come/enter
• *pānâw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his face/presence
• *rənānâh*: noun, feminine singular - joyful singing/shouting

Word Meanings

• *ʿibdû*: serve/worship/work for
• *śimḥâh*: joy/gladness/happiness/celebration
• *bōʾû*: come/enter/go in
• *pānâw*: his face/his presence/before him
• *rənānâh*: joyful singing/shouting/ringing cry

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Serve the Lord with gladness; come into His presence with joyful singing.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Serve{H5647} Jehovah{H3068} with gladness:{H8057} Come{H935} before his presence{H6440} with singing.{H7445}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Serve{H5647}{(H8798)} the LORD{H3068} with gladness{H8057}: come{H935}{(H8798)} before his presence{H6440} with singing{H7445}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Be ye sure, yt the LORDE he is God:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Serue the Lord with gladnes: come before him with ioyfulnes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  serue God with gladnesse, and come before his face with a ioyfull noyse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Serve Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him with a song.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Worship the LORD with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing!

Referenced Verses

• Ps 95:2 : 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.
• Deut 28:47 : 47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
• Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
• 1 Kgs 8:66 : 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
• 2 Chr 20:27-28 : 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28 So they came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments, harps, and trumpets, to the house of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 31:2 : 2 And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
• Ps 42:4 : 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept a feast.
• Ps 63:4-5 : 4 Thus will I bless you while I live: I will lift up my hands in your name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:
• Ps 71:23 : 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to you, and my soul, which you have redeemed.
• Ps 107:21-22 : 21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
• Acts 2:46-47 : 46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
• Deut 12:12 : 12 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion or inheritance with you.
• Deut 16:11 : 11 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD your God has chosen to place His name there.
• Deut 16:14 : 14 And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within your gates.