Psalms 147:19
17 He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?
18 He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
- KJV
- He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
- WEB
- He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
- ASV
- He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.
- DARBY
- He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
- BLB
- He declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
- ÅB
- Han kunngjorde Jakob sitt ord, Israel sine bud og sine lover;
- OTB
- Han åpenbarer sine ord for Jakob,
Sine forskrifter og dommer for Israel. - B1930
- Han kunngjorde Jakob sitt ord, Israel sine bud og sine lover;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Malachi 4:4
“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
Read in contextPsalms 78:5
For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:2–4
He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
Read in contextRomans 9:4
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:22
The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:45
These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:31
But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
Read in contextRomans 3:2
Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
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