Psalms 95:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֹּ֭אוּ נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֣ה וְנִכְרָ֑עָה נִ֝בְרְכָ֗ה לִֽפְנֵי־יְהוָ֥ה עֹשֵֽׂנוּ

Transliteration

bōʾû ništaḥăweh and-nikrāʿâ nibrĕkâ before-YHWH ʿōśēnû

Grammar Details

• *bōʾû*: imperative, masculine plural, qal - come
• *ništaḥăweh*: imperfect, 1st person plural, hishtaphel - let us worship/bow down
• *nikrāʿâ*: cohortative, 1st person plural, qal - let us kneel
• *nibrĕkâ*: cohortative, 1st person plural, qal - let us bless/kneel
• *YHWH*: proper name with prefixed compound preposition lipnê - before YHWH
• *ʿōśēnû*: masculine singular participle, qal with 1st person plural suffix - our maker

Word Meanings

• *bōʾû*: come/enter/go
• *ništaḥăweh*: worship/bow down/prostrate
• *nikrāʿâ*: kneel/bow down
• *nibrĕkâ*: bless/kneel/praise
• *ʿōśēnû*: our maker/our creator

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  O come, let vs worshipe and bowe downe oure selues: Let vs knele before the LORDE oure maker.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Come, let vs worship and fall downe, and kneele before the Lord our maker.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Come, let vs worshyp and fall downe: let vs kneele before the face of God our maker.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Oh come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Oh come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Come! Let’s bow down and worship! Let’s kneel before the LORD, our Creator!

Referenced Verses

• Ps 100:3 : 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.
• 2 Chr 6:13 : 13 For Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and knelt down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
• Dan 6:10 : 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he knelt on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
• Phil 2:10 : 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and those on earth, and those under the earth;
• Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
• Ps 95:1 : 1 O come, let us sing to the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
• Eph 3:14 : 14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Ps 149:2 : 2 Let Israel rejoice in him who made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
• Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;
• Isa 17:7 : 7 On that day a man shall look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
• 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.
• Ezra 9:5 : 5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose from my heaviness, and having torn my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
• Job 35:10 : 10 But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;
• Ps 72:9 : 9 Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
• Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us, and he will bind us up.
• Hos 8:14 : 14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities, but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces there.
• Matt 4:2 : 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward became hungry.
• Matt 4:9 : 9 And said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.
• Mark 14:35 : 35 And he went forward a little, fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
• Luke 22:41 : 41 And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down, and prayed,
• John 1:3 : 3 All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made.
• Acts 7:60 : 60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• Acts 10:25-26 : 25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. 26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
• Acts 20:36 : 36 And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
• Acts 21:5 : 5 And when we had completed those days, we departed and went on our way; and they all accompanied us, with wives and children, until we were out of the city: and we knelt down on the shore and prayed.
• 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For you are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
• 1 Kgs 8:54 : 54 And it was so, that when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, he rose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
• 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust the keeping of their souls to him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
• Rev 22:8 : 8 And I, John, saw these things and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
• Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who hears say, Come. And let him who is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.