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Psalms 9:20

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שִׁ֘יתָ֤הshi.Tahappoint !H7896 →
יְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
מוֹרָ֗הmo.RahterrorH4172 →
לָ֫הֶ֥םla.Hemfor them
יֵדְע֥וּye.de.'Umay they knowH3045 →
גוֹיִ֑םgo.Yim[the] nationsH1471 →
אֱנ֖וֹשׁ'e.No.osh[are] human being[s]H582 →
הֵ֣מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992 →
סֶּֽלָה׃Se.lahSelahH5542 →

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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.’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.Acts 12:22–23And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”Psalms 76:12He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.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.”Numbers 22:31Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.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 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.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.Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.Daniel 7:4The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.Isaiah 64:2as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!Micah 7:17They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.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.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 you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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