Psalms 114:2

King James Version

Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
the land of Judah became God's sanctuary, and Israel became his kingdom.

English Revised Version
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Update Bible Version
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

New Century Version
Then Judah became God's holy place; Israel became the land he ruled.

New English Translation
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his kingdom.

Webster's Bible Translation
Judah was his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.

World English Bible
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Amplified Bible
Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel His dominion.

English Standard Version
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Judee was maad the halewyng of hym; Israel the power of hym.

Berean Standard Bible
Judah became God's sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.

Contemporary English Version
He made Judah his holy place and ruled over Israel.

American Standard Version
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Bible in Basic English
Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.

Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hudah became [God's] sanctuary, Isra'el his domain.

Darby Translation
Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Judah became God's special people, and Israel became his kingdom.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion.

King James Version (1611)
Iudah was his sanctuarie: and Israel his dominion.

New Life Bible
Then Judah became His holy place, and Israel became the place of His rule.

New Revised Standard
Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Iudah was his sanctification, and Israel his dominion.

George Lamsa Translation
Judah was his sanctuary and Israel his glory.

Good News Translation
Judah became the Lord's holy people, Israel became his own possession.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his realm:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(113-2) Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Revised Standard Version
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iuda was his holynesse: and Israel his dominion.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Judea became his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

Christian Standard Bible®
Judah became his sanctuary,Israel, his dominion.

Hebrew Names Version
Yehudah became his sanctuary, Yisra'el his dominion.

Lexham English Bible
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Literal Translation
Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His kingdom.

Young's Literal Translation
Judah became His sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iuda was his Sactuary, Israel his dominion.

New American Standard Bible
Judah became His sanctuary; Israel, His dominion.

New King James Version
Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel His dominion.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Judah became His sanctuary, Israel, His dominion.

Legacy Standard Bible
Judah became His sanctuary,Israel, His dominion.

Contextual Overview

¹ When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; ² Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. ³ The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. ⁴ The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. ⁵ What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? ⁶ Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? ⁷ Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; ⁸ Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 6:7, Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Exodus 25:8, Exodus 29:45, Exodus 29:46, Leviticus 11:45, Deuteronomy 23:14, Deuteronomy 27:9, Deuteronomy 27:12, Ezekiel 37:26-28, 2 Corinthians 6:16, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Revelation 21:3

Reciprocal: Job 26:12 - divideth Psalms 20:1 - defend Jeremiah 46:15 - the Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Judah was his sanctuary,.... Meaning not the tribe of Judah only, though that in many things had the preeminence; the kingdom belonging to it, the chief ruler being out of it, especially the Messiah; its standard was pitched and moved first; it offered first to the service of the Lord; and the Jews have a tradition, mentioned by Jarchi and Kimchi, that this tribe, with its prince at the head of it, went into the Red sea first; the others fearing, but afterwards followed, encouraged by their example: but rather all the tribes are meant, the whole body of the people; for this is not to be understood of the tabernacle or temple in the tribe of Judah, sometimes called a sanctuary; for neither of these were in being when Israel came out of Egypt; but it may be rendered, "Judah was his holiness" u, or was holiness to the Lord, the Lord's holy people; see Jeremiah 2:2, not all internally holy; for there were many that came out of Egypt that were unholy, rebellious, and disobedient, and whose carcasses fell in the wilderness; but externally, when brought out of Egypt they were separated from all other people, and in this sense sanctified, and became a holy and special people, chosen by the Lord to be so; with whom, he made a covenant, and to whom he gave holy laws and righteous statutes: and in this they were typical of those who are effectually called by grace with an holy calling, and unto holiness; have principles of grace and holiness wrought in them, and have Holiness to the Lord written upon them; they have the sanctification of the Spirit, and Christ is made sanctification to them; and they are the Lord's sanctuary, in which he dwells.

And Israel his dominion: for, though all the world is his kingdom and his government, yet the people of Israel were in a very particular and remarkable manner his dominion; from the time of their coming out of Egypt to their having a king, their government was properly a theocracy; God was their King, and by him they were immediately ruled and governed, and had a body of laws given them from him, and were under his immediate care and protection, Exodus 19:5. In this they were typical of the saints called by grace, who are then translated from the power of Satan into the kingdom of Christ; whom they acknowledge to be their Lord and King, and whose laws, commands, and ordinances, they willingly observe; the people of God are often represented as a kingdom, and Christ as King of saints; the Targum is

"the congregation of the house of Judah was united to his holiness, and Israel to his power.''

u לקדשו "sanctificatio ejus", Pagninus, Vatablus; "sanctitas ejus", Gejerus, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judah was his sanctuary - His home; his abode; his sacred dwelling-place. Judah was the principal or leading tribe, recognized as the tribe where power was to be concentrated, and from which the Messiah was to proceed Genesis 49:8-12; and hence, the name was early used to denote the entire people, and ultimately, as modified in the word Jews, became the common name of the nation.

And Israel his dominion - The nation that he ruled; the nation that had his law; the nation that he governed by his presence - or, of which he was the recognized king. There can be no doubt that the reference here is to God, but it is remarkable that the name “God” is not used. Perhaps the reason may be that this psalm was designed to be employed in connection with the preceding one, and as that consists entirely of the praises of God, it was not necessary to repeat the name when his praise was to be continued under another form, and in connection with another line of thought.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 114:2. Judah was his sanctuary — He set up his true worship among the Jews, and took them for his peculiar people.

And Israel his dominion. — These words are a proof, were there none other, that this Psalm was composed after the days of David, and after the division of the tribes, for then the distinction of Israel and Judah took place.