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King James Version

Psalms 72:11

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Gentiles;   Jesus, the Christ;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dominion;   King;   Kingship, Divine;   Missions, World-Wide;   Sovereignty of God;   Universal;   The Topic Concordance - Government;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Magi or Wise Men;   Psalms, the Book of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heathen;   Millennium;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Messiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hope;   Messiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Psalms;   Sin;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Psalms (2);   Star (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Naphtali;   Sabeans;   Solomon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Jesus christ;   Psalms the book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Millenarians;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Let all kings bow in homage to him,all nations serve him.
Hebrew Names Version
Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
English Standard Version
May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him!
New Century Version
Let all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
New English Translation
All kings will bow down to him; all nations will serve him.
Amplified Bible
Yes, all kings will bow down before him, All nations will serve him.
New American Standard Bible
And may all kings bow down before him, All nations serve him.
World English Bible
Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yea, all Kings shal worship him: all nations shall serue him.
Legacy Standard Bible
And let all kings bow down to him,All nations serve him.
Berean Standard Bible
May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
Contemporary English Version
Make other rulers bow down and all nations serve him.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, all kings will prostrate themselves before him; all nations will serve him.
Darby Translation
Yea, all kings shall bow down before him; all nations shall serve him.
Easy-to-Read Version
May all kings bow down to our king. May all nations serve him.
George Lamsa Translation
Yea, all kings shall worship him, all nations shall serve him;
Good News Translation
All kings will bow down before him; all nations will serve him.
Lexham English Bible
and let all kings bow down to him. Let all nations serve him.
Literal Translation
Yea, all kings shall fall down before Him; all nations shall serve Him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All kynges shal worshipe him, & all Heithe shal do him seruyce.
American Standard Version
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him.
Bible in Basic English
Yes, let all kings go down before him; let all nations be his servants.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yea, all kings shall prostrate themselves before him; all nations shall serve him.
King James Version (1611)
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him, for there is none to deliuer him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
All kynges wyll worshyp hym: all nations wyll do hym seruice.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him.
English Revised Version
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle kyngis schulen worschipe hym; alle folkis schulen serue hym.
Update Bible Version
Yes, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yes, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
New King James Version
Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him; All nations shall serve Him.
New Living Translation
All kings will bow before him, and all nations will serve him.
New Life Bible
Yes, let all kings fall down at His feet, and all nations serve Him.
New Revised Standard
May all kings fall down before him, all nations give him service.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(71-11) And all kings of the earth shall adore him: all nations shall serve him.
Revised Standard Version
May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him!
Young's Literal Translation
And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And let all kings bow down before him, All nations serve him.

Contextual Overview

2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all kings: Psalms 2:10-12, Psalms 138:4, Psalms 138:5, Isaiah 49:22, Isaiah 49:23, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 21:24, Revelation 21:26

all nations: Psalms 86:9, Isaiah 11:9, Isaiah 54:5, Romans 11:25, Revelation 20:1-6

Reciprocal: Numbers 24:19 - Of Jacob 2 Samuel 8:2 - brought gifts 1 Kings 4:21 - brought 1 Kings 4:24 - all the kings 1 Kings 8:43 - General 2 Chronicles 29:29 - bowed themselves Psalms 22:27 - All the ends Psalms 22:29 - shall Psalms 68:29 - shall Psalms 71:21 - increase Psalms 89:27 - higher Psalms 102:15 - General Psalms 113:3 - General Psalms 148:11 - Kings Isaiah 49:7 - Kings Isaiah 49:12 - these shall Isaiah 60:3 - kings Isaiah 62:2 - all kings Isaiah 66:18 - that I Jeremiah 10:7 - O King Daniel 2:47 - a Lord Daniel 7:27 - and all Malachi 1:11 - my name Matthew 4:9 - I give Luke 4:7 - worship me Romans 4:13 - For the Romans 14:11 - every knee 1 Corinthians 14:25 - falling Hebrews 1:8 - a sceptre Revelation 1:5 - and the prince Revelation 4:10 - fall Revelation 19:16 - KING

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him,.... Or worship him; not with a civil, but religious worship; for such worship is due to Christ, he being God equal with the Father, and so to be equally honoured; the Creator of all things, the Redeemer of his people, Head and Lord of the church, and whom the angels adore; every part of worship is to be given him; internal, which lies in the exercise of faith, hope, love, fear, c. and external, which consists of prayer to him, praise of him, preaching in his name, and the administration of ordinances and this worship is to be performed in the same manner as to the Father, in spirit and in truth, in righteousness and holiness, with reverence and godly fear. This is to be understood, either literally of the kings of the earth, and which will have its full accomplishment in the latter day; see Isaiah 49:23; or mystically of such who are made kings unto God the Father by Christ; who reign spiritually now, through the power of divine grace in their hearts; have the honour, riches, and attendance of kings, and a crown and kingdom prepared for them; and shall reign with Christ on earth, though under him, at whose feet they cast their crowns: all this shows the dignity of Christ's person and office; that he is the Prince of the kings of the earth, the firstborn of God, whom he has made higher than they, and King of kings, and Lord of lords; whose princes, and all whose subjects, are altogether kings. This passage is allowed to belong to the Messiah, both by ancient and modern Jews g; and indeed it never was true of Solomon, nor of any other;

all nations shall serve him; which will be in the latter day; see Isaiah 2:2; the Jews say h, that in the world to come, or the times of the Messiah, all the Gentiles shall be voluntary proselytes.

g Zohar in Gen. fol. 84. 4. Bemidbar Rabba, s. 13. fol. 209. 4. Midrash Megillat Esther, fol. 86. 2. R. Isaac Chizzuk Emunah, par. 1. p. 44. h T. Avodah Zarah, fol. 24. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, all kings shall fall down ... - That is, his reign will be universal. The kings and people mentioned in the previous verses are only specimens of what will occur. “All” kings - “all” nations - will do what these are represented as doing. They will submit to the Messiah; they will own him as their Lord. See the notes at Psalms 2:8. Compare Isaiah 49:23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 72:11. All kings shall fall down before — They shall reverence him on account of his great wisdom, riches, c.

All nations shalt serve him. — All the surrounding nations. This and the preceding verses are fully explained by 1 Kings 10:23-25: "King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. And all the earth sought unto Solomon to hear his wisdom. And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments and armour, and spices, horses and mules, a rate year by year." If we take these expressions to mean literally all the habitable globe, then they cannot be applied to Solomon but if we take them as they are most evidently used by the sacred writer, then they are literally true. When all the earth shall be brought to receive the Gospel of Christ, then they may be applied to him.


 
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