He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
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4 additional translationsHe that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, Evenhe that teacheth man knowledge?
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge is Jehovah.
He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct — he that teacheth man knowledge?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.