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New Living Translation

Psalms 94:10

He punishes the nations—won't he also punish you? He knows everything—doesn't he also know what you are doing?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   God Continued...;   Thompson Chain Reference - Teacher, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Chastisement;   Knowledge;   Teaching;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gentiles;   Man;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shemoneh 'Esreh;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge—
Geneva Bible (1587)
Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not knowe?
Christian Standard Bible®
The one who instructs nations,the one who teaches mankind knowledge—does he not discipline?
Hebrew Names Version
He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.
Easy-to-Read Version
The one who disciplines nations will surely correct you. He is the one who teaches us everything.
Amplified Bible
He who instructs the nations, Does He not rebuke and punish, He who teaches man knowledge?
American Standard Version
He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, Even he that teacheth man knowledge?
Contemporary English Version
God instructs the nations and gives knowledge to us all. Won't he also correct us?
Complete Jewish Bible
Will the one who disciplines nations not correct them? Will the teacher of humanity not know?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? even He that teacheth man knowledge?
King James Version (1611)
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, even he that teaches man knowledge?
English Revised Version
He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, even he that teacheth man knowledge?
Berean Standard Bible
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
Lexham English Bible
Will the one who instructs nations not rebuke, the one who teaches humankind knowledge?
Literal Translation
He who chastises the nations, shall He not punish, He who teaches man knowledge?
New Century Version
Won't the one who corrects nations punish you? Doesn't the teacher of people know everything?
New English Translation
Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!
New King James Version
He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge?
New Life Bible
He Who punishes nations so they might give up sin, will He not speak strong words to them? Is He not the One Who teaches man all he knows?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(93-10) He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?
George Lamsa Translation
He who chastises the nations, shall not he rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge, shall he not know?
Good News Translation
He scolds the nations—won't he punish them? He is the teacher of us all—hasn't he any knowledge?
New American Standard Bible
He who disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke, He who teaches mankind knowledge?
King James Version
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He that chasteneth the heathen, shall not he punishe? it is he that teacheth man knowledge.
New Revised Standard
He who disciplines the nations, he who teaches knowledge to humankind, does he not chastise?
Darby Translation
He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct—he that teacheth man knowledge?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Schal not he repreue, that chastisith folkis; which techith man kunnyng?
Young's Literal Translation
He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.
World English Bible
He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.
Revised Standard Version
He who chastens the nations, does he not chastise? He who teaches men knowledge,
Update Bible Version
He that chastises the nations, shall not he correct, [Even] he that teaches man knowledge?
Webster's Bible Translation
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall he not correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall he not know]?
Bible in Basic English
He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He that nurtureth the Heithen, and teacheth a man knowlege, shal not he punysh?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He who chastens the nations, will He not rebuke, Even He who teaches man knowledge?
Legacy Standard Bible
He who disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke,Even He who teaches man knowledge?

Contextual Overview

1 O Lord , the God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth! 2 Arise, O Judge of the earth. Give the proud what they deserve. 3 How long, O Lord ? How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat? 4 How long will they speak with arrogance? How long will these evil people boast? 5 They crush your people, Lord , hurting those you claim as your own. 6 They kill widows and foreigners and murder orphans. 7 "The Lord isn't looking," they say, "and besides, the God of Israel doesn't care." 8 Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on? 9 Is he deaf—the one who made your ears? Is he blind—the one who formed your eyes? 10 He punishes the nations—won't he also punish you? He knows everything—doesn't he also know what you are doing?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

chastiseth: Psalms 9:5, Psalms 10:16, Psalms 44:2, Psalms 135:8-12, Psalms 149:7, Isaiah 10:12, Isaiah 37:36, Jeremiah 10:25, Ezekiel 39:21

he correct: Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6, Amos 3:2, Habakkuk 1:12, Habakkuk 3:12

teacheth man: Psalms 25:8, Psalms 25:9, Psalms 119:66, Job 35:11, Proverbs 2:6, Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 28:26, Isaiah 54:13, John 6:45

Reciprocal: Job 36:22 - who Psalms 94:22 - But Ezekiel 35:12 - I have heard Revelation 3:19 - many

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He that chastiseth the Heathen,.... As he did the old world, by bringing a flood upon it, and sweeping away its inhabitants at once; and Sodom and Gomorrah, by raining fire and brimstone upon them, and consuming them from off the earth; and the old inhabitants of Canaan, by ejecting them out of their land for their abominations, with other similar instances:

shall he not correct? such audacious wretches, guilty of such atrocious crimes, such horrid murders, and gross atheism? certainly he will, as he has both a right and power to do it. The Targum is,

"is it possible that he should give the law to his people, and, when they have sinned, should they not be corrected?''

and if these are corrected and chastised, then surely such daring and insolent wretches shall not go unpunished: or, "he that instructeth the Heathen" d; by the light of nature in things civil and moral, and therefore has a right to punish such who act contrary to it; see Romans 2:12,

he that teacheth man knowledge; that has given him the light of nature; inspired him with reason and understanding; taught him more than the beasts of the field, and made him wiser than the fowls of the heaven; from whom he has the knowledge of all arts and sciences, liberal and mechanic, those of the lower as well as of the higher class; see John 1:9. The Targum is,

"has not the Lord taught the first man knowledge?''

that more perfect knowledge of things, which Adam had in innocence, was from the Lord; and therefore,

shall not he know? all persons and things? verily he does; he is a God of knowledge, of all knowledge; his knowledge and understanding is infinite; it reaches to all persons, and to all their thoughts, words, and actions: this clause is not in the Hebrew text; but is understood, and rightly supplied; see 2 Samuel 5:8, compared with 1 Chronicles 11:6.

d חיסר "an erudiens gentes", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that chastiseth the heathen - More literally, “Shall not the Reprover of nations - shall he not chastise - he that teaches man knowledge?” The idea is, that God exercises a government over the nations of the earth; that he has them under his control; that he brings heavy judgments on them; that he thus conveys great lessons to man. And shall not such a Being, in individual cases, reprove and correct for sin? It is assumed here that God, in fact, brings judgments on nations; that he does this by fire, flood, famine, pestilence; that these things are proofs that he presides over the nations of the earth; and the question here is, whether he that does this on the large scale must not be expected to do it in individual cases, so that the offender will not escape.

Shall not he correct? - Shall he not chastise, or bring judgments on offenders?

He that teacheth man knowledge ... - The idea in our translation, that he who imparts knowledge to mankind must himself possess intelligence, is a true one, but it is probably not that which is in the original. The sense is probably merely that God is the great Teacher, and this is the impression which it is intended should be impressed on the mind, leaving the consequences of this to be supplied by the reader: “He that teaches man all the knowledge that he has!” - reflect on the consequences of this, or what must follow from this! Such a Being cannot be ignorant; he must understand all things; he must, therefore, see human conduct everywhere as it is. The consequence - the result - of this is staffed in the next verse, that he must see the thoughts of man, and understand his real character.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 94:10. He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? — YOU, who are heathens, and heathens of the most abandoned kind.

He that teacheth man knowledge — We here supply shall not he know? But this is not acknowledged by the original, nor by any of the Versions. Indeed it is not necessary; for either the words contain a simple proposition, "It is he who teacheth man knowledge," or this clause should be read in connexion with Psalms 94:11: "Jehovah, who teacheth man knowledge, knoweth the devices of man, that they are vanity." As he teaches knowledge to man, must he not know all the reasonings and devices of the human heart?


 
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