Psalms 96:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

Say among the nations that the LORD reigns: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִמְר֤וּ בַגּוֹיִ֨ם ׀ יְה֘וָ֤ה מָלָ֗ךְ אַף־תִּכּ֣וֹן תֵּ֭בֵל בַּל־תִּמּ֑וֹט יָדִ֥ין עַ֝מִּ֗ים בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃

Transliteration

ʾimrû among-haggôyim YHWH mālāḵ also-tikkôn tēḇēl not-timmôṭ yāḏîn ʿammîm in-mêšārîm

Grammar Details

• *ʾimrû*: imperative, masculine plural - say/tell
• *haggôyim*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the nations/gentiles
• *mālāḵ*: verb, perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - reigned/became king
• *tikkôn*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will be established/fixed
• *tēḇēl*: noun, feminine singular - world/inhabited earth
• *timmôṭ*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will be moved/shaken
• *yāḏîn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will judge
• *ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples/nations
• *mêšārîm*: noun, masculine plural - uprightness/equity/straightness

Word Meanings

• *ʾimrû*: say/tell/speak
• *haggôyim*: nations/gentiles/heathen
• *mālāḵ*: reigned/became king/ruled
• *tikkôn*: will be established/fixed/made firm
• *tēḇēl*: world/inhabited earth
• *timmôṭ*: will be moved/shaken/tottered
• *yāḏîn*: will judge/govern/vindicate
• *ʿammîm*: peoples/nations/folk
• *mêšārîm*: uprightness/equity/straightness/fairness

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Say among the nations, 'The LORD reigns.' The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved. He will judge the peoples with fairness.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Say{H559} among the nations,{H1471} Jehovah{H3068} reigneth:{H4427} The world{H8398} also is established{H3559} that it cannot be moved:{H4131} He will judge{H1777} the peoples{H5971} with equity.{H4339}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Say{H559}{(H8798)} among the heathen{H1471} that the LORD{H3068} reigneth{H4427}{(H8804)}: the world{H8398} also shall be established{H3559}{(H8735)} that it shall not be moved{H4131}{(H8735)}: he shall judge{H1777}{(H8799)} the people{H5971} righteously{H4339}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Tell it out amonge the Heithe, that the LORDE is kynge: and that it is he which hath made the rounde worlde so fast, that it cannot be moued, and how that he shal iudge the people rightuously.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Say among the nations, The Lorde reigneth: surely the world shalbe stable, & not moue, and he shall iudge the people in righteousnesse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Set it foorth in wordes among the heathen that God raigneth: and that the worlde is set of a sure foundation, it shall not be remoued, he wyll iudge the people accordyng to equitie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns." The world is also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Say among nations, `Jehovah hath reigned, Also -- established is the world, unmoved, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved: He will judge the peoples with equity.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved: He will judge the peoples with equity.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns." The world is also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Say among the nations,“The LORD reigns! The world is established, it cannot be moved. He judges the nations fairly.”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 93:1 : 1 The LORD reigns, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, with which he has girded himself: the world also is established, that it cannot be moved.
• Ps 9:8 : 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness; he shall administer judgment to the people in uprightness.
• Ps 67:4 : 4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for You shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
• Ps 2:8-9 : 8 Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Ps 18:49 : 49 Therefore I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing praises to your name.
• Ps 46:6 : 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
• Ps 46:10 : 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
• Ps 58:11 : 11 So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God who judges in the earth.
• Ps 59:13 : 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may be no more; and let them know that God rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah.
• Ps 96:13-97:1 : 13 Before the LORD: for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. 1 The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of islands be glad.
• Ps 98:9-99:1 : 9 Before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness he shall judge the world, and the people with fairness. 1 The LORD reigns; let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubim; let the earth be moved.
• Ps 126:2 : 2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then they said among the nations, The LORD has done great things for them.
• Isa 11:3-5 : 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge by what his eyes see, nor reprove by what his ears hear: 4 But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked. 5 And righteousness shall be the belt of his loins, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.
• Isa 49:8 : 8 Thus says the LORD, In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you: and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
• Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of these kings, the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, says the LORD of hosts.
• Mal 1:14 : 14 But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is feared among the heathen.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 And saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.
• Acts 17:31 : 31 Because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.
• Rom 2:5-6 : 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to each person according to his deeds:
• Rom 3:5-6 : 5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man) 6 Certainly not: for then how will God judge the world?
• Gal 1:16 : 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
• Col 2:7 : 7 Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
• Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of His glory, and the exact image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever.
• 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.
• Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he who sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.