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New Living Translation

Psalms 22:28

For royal power belongs to the Lord . He rules all the nations.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Gentiles;   Government;   Scofield Reference Index - Crucifixion;   Kingdom of God;   Thompson Chain Reference - King;   Kingship, Divine;   Missions, World-Wide;   Sovereignty of God;   Universal;   Worship;   The Topic Concordance - Belonging;   Bowing;   Death;   God;   Government;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gentiles;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Psalms, book of;   Worship;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Providence of God;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heathen;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Obadiah, Book of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aijeleth Shahar;   Galilee;   Issachar;   Joseph;   Obadiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Evangelism;   Governor;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aijeleth Hash-Shahar;   Atonement;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Kingdom of God;   Psalms;   Sin;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Cedron;   Naphtali;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - God;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
for kingship belongs to the Lord;he rules the nations.
Hebrew Names Version
For the kingdom is the LORD's. He is the ruler over the nations.
King James Version
For the kingdom is the Lord 's: and he is the governor among the nations.
English Standard Version
For kingship belongs to the Lord , and he rules over the nations.
New Century Version
because the Lord is King, and he rules the nations.
New English Translation
For the Lord is king and rules over the nations.
Amplified Bible
For the kingship and the kingdom are the LORD'S And He rules over the nations.
New American Standard Bible
For the kingdom is the LORD'S And He rules over the nations.
World English Bible
For the kingdom is Yahweh's. He is the ruler over the nations.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.
Legacy Standard Bible
For the kingdom is Yahweh'sAnd He rules over the nations.
Berean Standard Bible
For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
Contemporary English Version
because you are in control, the ruler of all nations.
Complete Jewish Bible
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to Adonai ; all the clans of the nations will worship in your presence.
Darby Translation
For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.
Easy-to-Read Version
because the Lord is the King. He rules all nations.
George Lamsa Translation
For the kingdom is the LORDS; he is the governor over the Gentiles.
Good News Translation
The Lord is king, and he rules the nations.
Lexham English Bible
Because the kingship belongs to Yahweh, and he rules over the nations.
Literal Translation
For the kingdom is Jehovah's; and He is the ruler among the nations.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the kyngdome is the LORDES, and he shal be the gouernoure of ye Heithen.
American Standard Version
For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations.
Bible in Basic English
For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD;
King James Version (1611)
For the kingdome is the Lords: and he is the gouernour among the nations.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the kingdome is Gods: and he is the gouernour ouer the nations.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the kingdom is the Lord’s; and he is the governor of the nations.
English Revised Version
For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the ruler over the nations.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For the rewme is the Lordis; and he schal be Lord of hethene men.
Update Bible Version
For the kingdom is Yahweh's; And he is the ruler over the nations.
Webster's Bible Translation
For the kingdom [is] the LORD'S: and he [is] the governor among the nations.
New King James Version
For the kingdom is the LORD's, And He rules over the nations.
New Life Bible
For the holy nation is the Lord's, and He rules over the nations.
New Revised Standard
For dominion belongs to the Lord , and he rules over the nations.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over the nations.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(21-29) For the kingdom is the Lord’s; and he shall have dominion over the nations.
Revised Standard Version
For dominion belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
Young's Literal Translation
For to Jehovah [is] the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the kingdom is the Lord's And He rules over the nations.

Contextual Overview

22 I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among your assembled people. 23 Praise the Lord , all you who fear him! Honor him, all you descendants of Jacob! Show him reverence, all you descendants of Israel! 24 For he has not ignored or belittled the suffering of the needy. He has not turned his back on them, but has listened to their cries for help. 25 I will praise you in the great assembly. I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who worship you. 26 The poor will eat and be satisfied. All who seek the Lord will praise him. Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy. 27 The whole earth will acknowledge the Lord and return to him. All the families of the nations will bow down before him. 28 For royal power belongs to the Lord . He rules all the nations. 29 Let the rich of the earth feast and worship. Bow before him, all who are mortal, all whose lives will end as dust. 30 Our children will also serve him. Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord. 31 His righteous acts will be told to those not yet born. They will hear about everything he has done.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 47:7, Psalms 47:8, Daniel 7:14, Obadiah 1:21, Zechariah 14:9, Matthew 6:13, Revelation 11:15

Reciprocal: Psalms 18:43 - made Psalms 66:3 - through Psalms 72:8 - the ends Psalms 82:8 - thou Psalms 110:2 - rule Psalms 110:3 - Thy Jeremiah 10:7 - O King Matthew 28:19 - ye therefore Romans 15:12 - and he Revelation 12:10 - the kingdom

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the kingdom [is] the Lord's,.... Not the kingdom of nature and providence, though that is the Lord Christ's; but the kingdom of grace, the mediatorial kingdom: this was Christ's by the designation and constitution of his Father from eternity; the government of the church was always upon his shoulders during the Old Testament dispensation; when he came into this world, he came as a King; though his kingdom being not of this world, it came not with observation; but upon his ascension to heaven, whither he went to receive a kingdom and return, he was made or declared Lord and Christ, and was exalted as a Prince, as well as a Saviour; and in consequence of his being set down at the right hand of God, he sent forth the rod of his strength, his Gospel, into the Gentile world, which was succeeded to the conversion of multitudes of them, among whom he has had a visible kingdom and interest ever since; and which will more abundantly appear in the latter day, when he shall be King over all the earth; and now this is a reason why so many, in the distant parts of the world, and among all the kindreds of the nations, shall remember, turn to him, and worship him;

and he [is] the Governor among the nations; he rules in the hearts of some by his Spirit and grace, and over others with a rod of iron.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the kingdom is the Lord’s - The dominion belongs of right to Yahweh, the true God. See Matthew 6:13; Psalms 47:7-8.

And he is the governor among the nations - He is the rightful governor or ruler among the nations. This is an assertion of the absolute right of Yahweh to reign over the nations of the earth, and the expression of an assurance on the part of the Messiah that, as the consequence of his work, this empire of Yahweh over the nations would be actually established. Compare Daniel 7:13-14, note; Daniel 7:27, note; and 1 Corinthians 15:24-28, notes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 22:28. The kingdom is the Lord's — That universal sway of the Gospel which in the New Testament is called the kingdom of God; in which all men shall be God's subjects; and righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, be universally diffused.


 
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