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Endow the King with Your Justice

Psalms 72:8

In 11 translations

BSB
May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.Hebrew the River
KJV
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
WEB
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
ASV
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth.
LSV
And He rules from sea to sea, || And from the river to the ends of the earth.
YLT
And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.
DBY
And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
DRC71:8
And he shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
GNV
His dominion shall be also from sea to sea, and from the Riuer vnto the endes of the land.
JPS
May he have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River unto the ends of the earth.
LXXE71:8
And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְ֭יֵרְדְּ מִיָּ֣ם עַד־יָ֑ם וּ֝מִנָּהָ֗ר עַד־אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃
LXX-Br71:8
Καὶ κατακυριεύσει ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἕως θαλάσσης, καὶ ἀπὸ ποταμοῦ ἕως περάτων τῆς οἰκουμένης.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 23:31And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
  • Zechariah 9:10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates…
  • 1 Kings 4:21–24And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. Solomon’s…
  • Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
  • Psalms 89:25I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
  • Psalms 80:11It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
  • Psalms 22:27–28All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him. For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
  • Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
  • Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 71:8 in some Bibles
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