Jeremiah 10:7
in Jeremiah 10Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.
KJV
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
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This verse in Jeremiah 10
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
O King of nations - i. e., pagan nations. Yahweh is not the national God of the Jews only, but He reigns over all mankind Psa 22:28. It - i. e., everything. In all their kingdoms - More correctly, “in all their royalty or kingship.”
This site's exposition
Your name is mighty in power
on Jeremiah 10:6-10
Against the craftsman's product stands the confession of verse 6, “You are great, and Your name is mighty in power”, a doxology inside the argument. Verse 10 answers with the title no idol can claim, “the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King”.
This site's exposition
O King of nations
King of nations claims the pagan peoples as the LORD's subjects, and Barnes points to Psalm 22:28. He renders the last line as in all their royalty, the kingship of the nations set beside his. Fear is his due.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 7.) Who will not fear you, O king of the nations? Yours is the glory among all the wise of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like you. All will fear him, for he is the king of the nations. The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord (Prov. IX, 10): and from it we advance to true charity. 'The glory is yours,' he says.
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
BonaventureCollationes de Septem Donis, Collation 2 · Written in the 13th century.
proposed
The fear of God arises in us from the consideration of divine power. "Who would not fear thee, O king of nations? For thine is the glory: among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, who is like unto thee?" …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations?.... Not that the fear of him among the nations was general, or that he was owned by them as their King; but inasmuch as of right he was their King, so he ought to have been feared and reverenced by them; and it was an instance of great stupidity and ingratitude not to do it.
What is the glory of the greatest prince or potentate, compared with the glory of him whose kingdom rules over all?
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
(Re 15:4). to thee doth it appertain--to Thee it properly belongs, namely, that Thou shouldest be "feared" (taken out of the previous "fear Thee") (compare Eze 21:27). He alone is the becoming object of worship. To worship any other is unseemly and an infringement of His inalienable prerogative. none--nothing whatever (see on Jer 10:6;
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Who would not fear thee - Who would not worship thee as the Author and Giver of all good? The fear of God is often taken for the whole of true religion. Among all the wise men of the nation - Not even the wisest and most cultivated of the nations have ever found out any one equal to thee; but so exalted and holy art thou, that in all their wisdom and research they have never been able to find out the true God.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִ֣י | mi | who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִֽרָאֲךָ֙ | yiraakha | will he fear you | H3372 → | 315 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | O king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַגּוֹיִ֔ם | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לְךָ֖ | lekha | for <the> you | ||
| יָאָ֑תָה | yaatah | it is befitting | H2969 → | |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בְכָל־ | vekhol- | among all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חַכְמֵ֧י | chakhmei | [the] wise [people] of | H2450 → | 138 times |
| הַגּוֹיִ֛ם | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וּבְכָל־ | uvekhol- | and among all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַלְכוּתָ֖ם | malkhutam | kingdom their | H4438 → | 91 times |
| מֵאֵ֥ין | meein | from there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| כָּמֽוֹךָ׃ | kamokha | [is] like you | H3644 → | 143 times |
מִ֣יwho?
miH4310 →423 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יִֽרָאֲךָ֙will he fear you
yiraakhaH3372 →315 times
מֶ֣לֶךְO king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
הַגּוֹיִ֔םthe nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לְךָ֖for <the> you
lekha
יָאָ֑תָהit is befitting
yaatahH2969 →
כִּ֣יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
בְכָל־among all
vekhol-H3605 →5413 times
חַכְמֵ֧י[the] wise [people] of
chakhmeiH2450 →138 times
הַגּוֹיִ֛םthe nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
וּבְכָל־and among all
uvekhol-H3605 →5413 times
מַלְכוּתָ֖םkingdom their
malkhutamH4438 →91 times
מֵאֵ֥יןfrom there not
meeinH369 →789 times
כָּמֽוֹךָ׃[is] like you
kamokhaH3644 →143 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 15:4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
it leads to
- Psalms 86:9
All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
- Revelation 11:15
Then 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Malachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
- Psalms 22:27
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Revelation 14:7
And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea…
- Psalms 86:9
Through
Jeremiah 10:6There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
it leads to
- Exodus 15:11
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Psalms 96:4
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 48:1
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
- Exodus 15:11
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bonaventure, Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 2; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.