Psalms 149:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let Israel rejoice in him who made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשְׂמַ֣ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל בְּעֹשָׂ֑יו בְּנֵֽי־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן יָגִ֥ילוּ בְמַלְכָּֽם׃

Transliteration

yiśmaḥ yiśrāʾēl in-ʿōśāyw bənê-ṣiyyôn yāgîlû in-malkām

Grammar Details

• *yiśmaḥ*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - he will rejoice/let him rejoice
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʿōśāyw*: participle, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix with preposition bet - in his makers
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
• *yāgîlû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, qal - they will rejoice/let them rejoice
• *malkām*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix with preposition bet - in their king

Word Meanings

• *yiśmaḥ*: rejoice/be glad/delight
• *ʿōśāyw*: his makers/his creator/the one who made him
• *bənê*: sons/children/descendants
• *yāgîlû*: rejoice/be joyful/exult
• *malkām*: their king/their monarch/their ruler

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let Israel reioyse in him that made him, and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in their kynge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let Israel reioyce in him that made him, and let ye children of Zion reioyce in their King.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Israel shoulde reioyce in his maker: the children of Sion shoulde be ioyfull in their kyng.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Israel doth rejoice in his Maker, Sons of Zion do joy in their king.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of Zion be glad in their King.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their King!

Referenced Verses

• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just, and endowed with salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey.
• Job 35:10 : 10 But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;
• Ps 95:6 : 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
• Ps 100:1-3 : 1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all you lands. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing. 3 Know that the LORD, He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
• Ps 135:3-4 : 3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises to his name; for it is pleasant. 4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his special treasure.
• Isa 52:7 : 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace; who brings good news of good, who proclaims salvation; who says to Zion, Your God reigns!
• Isa 54:5 : 5 For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is His name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall He be called.
• Isa 62:11-12 : 11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the world, Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. 12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and you shall be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
• Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then, children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the former rain in due measure, and he will cause the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain in the first month.
• Ps 47:6 : 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.
• Deut 7:6-7 : 6 For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people:
• Deut 12:7 : 7 And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and rejoice in all to which you put your hand, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.
• 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.
• Matt 21:5 : 5 Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, gentle, and sitting on a donkey, and a colt, the foal of a donkey.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the King will say to those on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Luke 19:27 : 27 But those my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.
• Luke 19:38 : 38 Saying, Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.
• John 19:15 : 15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
• John 19:19-22 : 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing said, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 This title many of the Jews read, for where Jesus was crucified was near the city: and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. 21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not write, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written.
• Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
• Rev 19:6 : 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigns.