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King James Version

Psalms 95:6

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Praise;   Worship;   Thompson Chain Reference - Kneeling;   Prayer;   Worship;   Worship, True and False;   The Topic Concordance - Bowing;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Church of Israel;   Prayer;   Prayer, Public;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Thanksgiving;   Worship;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Colossians, Theology of;   King, Christ as;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Church;   Obedience;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Adore;   Bowing;   Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blessing and Cursing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adoration;   Gestures;   Prayer;   Psalms;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Kneeling;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Adoration;   Bow Down, to;   Creator;   Worship;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Maker;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Adoration;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adoration;   Attitudes;   Make;   Psalms, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Liturgy;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Come, let us worship and bow down,Let us kneel before Yahweh our Maker.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Come, let vs worshyp and fall downe: let vs kneele before the face of God our maker.
Darby Translation
Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker.
New King James Version
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
Literal Translation
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker.
Easy-to-Read Version
Come, let us bow down and worship him! Let us kneel before the Lord who made us.
World English Bible
Oh come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,
King James Version (1611)
O come, let vs worship and bowe downe: let vs kneele before the Lord our maker.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O come, let vs worshipe and bowe downe oure selues: Let vs knele before the LORDE oure maker.
THE MESSAGE
So come, let us worship: bow before him, on your knees before God , who made us! Oh yes, he's our God, and we're the people he pastures, the flock he feeds. Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks: "Don't turn a deaf ear as in the Bitter Uprising, As on the day of the Wilderness Test, when your ancestors turned and put me to the test. For forty years they watched me at work among them, as over and over they tried my patience. And I was provoked—oh, was I provoked! ‘Can't they keep their minds on God for five minutes? Do they simply refuse to walk down my road?' Exasperated, I exploded, ‘They'll never get where they're headed, never be able to sit down and rest.'"
Amplified Bible
O come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker [in reverent praise and prayer].
American Standard Version
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:
Bible in Basic English
O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker.
Update Bible Version
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Yahweh our Maker:
Webster's Bible Translation
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
New English Translation
Come! Let's bow down and worship! Let's kneel before the Lord , our Creator!
Contemporary English Version
Bow down and worship the Lord our Creator!
Complete Jewish Bible
Come, let's bow down and worship; let's kneel before Adonai who made us.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Come, let vs worship and fall downe, and kneele before the Lord our maker.
George Lamsa Translation
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
Hebrew Names Version
Oh come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
O come, let us bow down and bend the knee; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
New Living Translation
Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker,
New Life Bible
Come, let us bow down in worship. Let us get down on our knees before the Lord Who made us.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Come, let us worship and fall down before him; and weep before the Lord that made us.
English Revised Version
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker:
Berean Standard Bible
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
New Revised Standard
O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord , our Maker!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Enter! let us bow down, and bend low, Let us kneel, before Yahweh our maker;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(94-6) Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us.
Lexham English Bible
Come in, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before Yahweh, our maker.
English Standard Version
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord , our Maker!
New American Standard Bible
Come, let's worship and bow down, Let's kneel before the LORD our Maker.
New Century Version
Come, let's worship him and bow down. Let's kneel before the Lord who made us,
Good News Translation
Come, let us bow down and worship him; let us kneel before the Lord , our Maker!
Christian Standard Bible®
Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Come ye, herie we, and falle we doun bifore God, wepe we bifore the Lord that made vs;
Young's Literal Translation
Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker.
Revised Standard Version
O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!

Contextual Overview

1 O come, let us sing unto the Lord : let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. 5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

O come: Psalms 95:1, Hosea 6:1, Matthew 4:2, Revelation 22:17

worship: Psalms 72:9, Exodus 20:5, Matthew 4:9, Mark 14:35, Acts 10:25, Acts 10:26, Revelation 22:8

kneel: 1 Kings 8:54, 2 Chronicles 6:13, Ezra 9:5, Daniel 6:10, Luke 22:41, Acts 7:60, Acts 20:36, Acts 21:5, Ephesians 3:14, Philippians 2:10, 1 Corinthians 6:20

our: Psalms 100:3, Job 35:10, Ecclesiastes 12:1, Isaiah 54:5, John 1:3, 1 Peter 4:19

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:26 - General Genesis 24:52 - worshipped Deuteronomy 26:10 - and worship Deuteronomy 32:6 - made thee 1 Chronicles 29:20 - bowed down 2 Chronicles 7:3 - they bowed 2 Chronicles 20:18 - fell before 2 Chronicles 29:30 - they sang Psalms 45:11 - worship Psalms 132:7 - worship Isaiah 43:7 - for I Jonah 1:9 - which Micah 6:6 - bow Matthew 2:11 - worshipped Revelation 4:10 - worship

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O come, let us worship and bow down,.... Before him who is the Rock of our salvation, the great God and great King, the Creator of the ends of the earth, the proper object of all religious worship and adoration: Christ is to be worshipped with every part of external worship under the New Testament dispensation; psalms and songs of praise are to be sung unto him; prayer is to be made unto him; the Gospel is to be preached, and ordinances to be administered, in his name; and likewise with all internal worship, in the exercise of every grace on him, as faith, hope, and love: see Psalms 45:11,

let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; both in a natural and spiritual sense: Christ is the Maker of us as creatures, of our souls and bodies; we have our natural being from him, and are supported in it by him; and he is the Maker of us as new creatures; we are his workmanship, created in him, and by him; and therefore he should be worshipped by us, Ephesians 2:10. Kimchi distinguishes these several gestures, expressed by the different words here used; the first, we render worship, signifies, according to him, the prostration of the whole body on the ground, with the hands and legs stretched out; the second, a bowing of the head, with part of the body; and the third, a bending of the knees on the ground; but though each of these postures and gestures have been, and may be, used in religious worship, yet they seem not so much to design them themselves, and the particular use of them, as worship itself, which is in general intended by them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O come, let us worship and bow down - Let us worship him by bowing down; by prostrating ourselves before him. The word here rendered “come” is not the same which is used in Psalms 95:1. Its literal meaning is “come,” and it is an earnest exhortation to come and worship. It is not a particle merely calling attention to a subject, but it is an exhortation to approach - to enter - to engage in a thing. The word rendered “worship,” means properly to bow down; to incline oneself; and then, to bow or prostrate oneself before anyone in order to do him homage, or reverence. Then it means to bow down before God in the attitude of worship. It would most naturally refer to an entire “prostration” on the ground, which was a common mode of worship; but it would also express adoration in any form. The word rendered “bow down,” means properly to bend, to bow, spoken usually of the knees. Isaiah 45:23 : “every knee shall bow.” Compare Judges 7:5-6; 1 Kings 8:54; 2 Kings 1:13. The word might be applied, like the former word, to those who bow down with the whole person, or prostrate themselves on the ground. 2 Chronicles 7:3.

Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker - The usual attitude of prayer in the Scriptures. See the notes at Daniel 6:10; compare 2 Chronicles 6:13; Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60; Acts 9:40; Acts 20:36; Acts 21:5. All the expressions here employed denote a posture of profound reverence in worship, and the passage is a standing rebuke of all irreverent postures in prayer; of such habits as often prevail in public worship where no change of posture is made in prayer, and where a congregation irreverently sit in the act of professedly worshipping God. People show to their fellowmen the respect indicated by rising up before them: much more should they show respect to God - respect in a posture which will indicate profound reverence, and a deep sense of his presence and majesty. Reverently kneeling or standing “will” indicate this; sitting does not indicate it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 95:6. O come, let us worshipThree distinct words are used here to express three different acts of adoration:

1. Let us worship, נשתחוה nishtachaveh, let us prostrate ourselves; the highest act of adoration by which the supremacy of God is acknowledged.

2. Let us bow down, נכרעה nichraah, let us crouch or cower down, bending the legs under, as a dog in the presence of his master, which solicitously waits to receive his commands.

3. Let us kneel, נברכה nibrachah, let us put our knees to the ground, and thus put ourselves in the posture of those who supplicate.

And let us consider that all this should be done in the presence of HIM who is Jehovah our Creator.


 
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