Psalms 9:20

In 11 translations

BSB

Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

KJV

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

WEB

Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

ASV

Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. [Selah

LSV

Appoint them to fear, O YHWH, || Let nations know they [are] men! Selah.

YLT

Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! Selah.

DBY

Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

DRC9:21

Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.

GNV

Put them in feare, O Lord, that the heathen may knowe that they are but men. Selah.

JPS9:21

Set terror over them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

LXXE9:21

Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.

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WLC9:21

שִׁ֘יתָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מוֹרָ֗ה לָ֫הֶ֥ם יֵדְע֥וּ גוֹיִ֑ם אֱנ֖וֹשׁ הֵ֣מָּה סֶּֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.9.20

LXX-Br9:21

Κατάστησον, Κύριε, νομοθέτην ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, γνώτωσαν ἔθνη ὅτι ἀνθρωποί εἰσι· διάψαλμα.

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• Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
• Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
• Psalms 82:6–7I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’ But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
• Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
• Psalms 76:12He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
• Acts 12:22–23And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!” Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
• Deuteronomy 2:25This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
• Ezekiel 30:13This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.
• Exodus 23:27I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
• Ezekiel 28:9Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though…
• Exodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

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