Psalms 111:6

King James Version

He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
He has shown his great power to his people by giving them the lands of other nations.

English Revised Version
He hath shewed his people the power of his works,

Update Bible Version
He has shown his people the power of his works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.

New Century Version
He has shown his people his power when he gave them the lands of other nations.

New English Translation
He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people, giving them a land that belonged to other nations.

Webster's Bible Translation
He hath shown his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

World English Bible
He has shown his people the power of his works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.

Amplified Bible
He has declared and made known to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.

English Standard Version
He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the inheritance of the nations.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he schal telle to his puple the vertu of hise werkis.

Berean Standard Bible
He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.

Contemporary English Version
He has shown his mighty power to his people and has given them the lands of other nations.

American Standard Version
He hath showed his people the power of his works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.

Bible in Basic English
He has made clear to his people the power of his works, giving them the heritage of the nations.

Complete Jewish Bible
He shows his people how powerfully he works by giving them the nations as their heritage.

Darby Translation
He hath shewn his people the power of his works, to give them the heritage of the nations.

Easy-to-Read Version
He has shown his people how powerful he is by giving them the land of other nations.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He hath declared to His people the power of His works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.

King James Version (1611)
He hath shewed his people the power of his workes: that he may giue them the heritage of the heathen.

New Life Bible
He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the land of other nations.

New Revised Standard
He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He hath shewed to his people the power of his workes in giuing vnto them the heritage of the heathen.

George Lamsa Translation
He has shown his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the Gentiles.

Good News Translation
He has shown his power to his people by giving them the lands of foreigners.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The might of his works, hath he declared to his people, that he may give them the inheritance of the nations.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(110-6) He will shew forth to his people the power of his works.

Revised Standard Version
He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He hath declared vnto his people the force of his workes: in geuing them the inheritaunce of the Heathen.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He has declared to his people the power of his works, to give them the inheritance of the heathen.

Christian Standard Bible®
He has shown his people the power of his worksby giving them the inheritance of the nations.

Hebrew Names Version
He has shown his people the power of his works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.

Lexham English Bible
He has declared the power of his works for his people, by giving to them the inheritance of the nations.

Literal Translation
He has shown to His people the power of His works, to give to them the inheritance of the nations.

Young's Literal Translation
The power of His works He hath declared to His people, To give to them the inheritance of nations.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sheweth his people the power of his workes, that he maye geue them the heretage of the Heithen.

New American Standard Bible
He has made known to His people the power of His works, In giving them the inheritance of the nations.

New King James Version
He has declared to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He has made known to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.

Legacy Standard Bible
He has declared to His people the power of His works,In giving them an inheritance of the nations.

Contextual Overview

⁶ He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. ⁷ The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. ⁸ They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. ⁹ He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. ¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

showed: Psalms 78:12-72, Psalms 105:27-45, Deuteronomy 4:32-38, Joshua 3:14-17, Joshua 6:20, Joshua 10:13, Joshua 10:14

that he: Psalms 2:8, Psalms 44:2, Psalms 78:55, Psalms 80:8, Psalms 105:44

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 17:19 - great things Psalms 106:8 - that he

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He hath showed his people the power of his works,.... Or his works of power, his mighty works, in which his great power was shown; as to the people of Israel in Egypt, at the Red sea, in the wilderness, and in bringing them to and settling them in the land of Canaan; these he showed to them in fact, they saw them with their eyes; and he showed or declared them to them in prophecy, before they came to pass, as Kimchi observes, that it might not be said they came by chance. So he hath showed his works of power to his people in Gospel times, as the miracles of Christ, his resurrection from the dead, redemption by him, and the work of grace on the hearts of men in all ages.

That he may give them the heritage of the Heathen; the Lord did the above works of his power for the people of Israel, that he might put them into the possession of the land of Canaan, inherited by Heathens; that it might become their inheritance, and they might enjoy their houses, vineyards, and fields; and he wrought powerfully through the ministration of the Gospel, by his Spirit and grace, upon the hearts of men in the Gentile world; that the Christian church might possess the dominions of it, as it did in the times of Constantine and of others, and as it will more largely in the latter day; see Psalms 2:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He hath showed his people - The Jewish people. He has made this known to them. The reference here is not to his “announcing” it, or stating it, but to his acts of interposition in their behalf in which he had manifested the greatness of his power.

The power of his works - The power of his acts; the power involved in what he does. The power referred to here was that which was evinced in destroying the Egyptians, and in subduing the nations of Canaan.

That he may give them the heritage of the heathen - The nations; to wit, the nations of Palestine. The word “heritage” is often used in the large sense of possessions; and the meaning here is, that God had shown the greatness of his power by giving all that they possessed into the hands of his people.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 111:6. The power of his works — They have seen that these things did not arrive in the common course of nature, it was not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts they were done. And it required a display of the power of God to give them the heritage of the heathen.