Psalms 82:8
6 I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
7 But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.
- KJV
- Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
- WEB
- Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.
- ASV
- Arise, O God, judge the earth; For thou shalt inherit all the nations. Psalm 83 A song. A Psalm of Asaph.
- DARBY
- Arise, O God, judge the earth; for *thou* shalt inherit all the nations.
- BLB
- Rise up, O God, [and] judge the earth! For You have an inheritance among all the nations.
- ÅB
- Reis deg, Gud, hold dom over jorden! For du har alle hedningene i eie!
[^1]: SLM 82, 6. - OTB
- Reis deg, Gud, og døm jorden!
For Du har herredømme over alle nasjonene. - B1930
- Reis dig, Gud, hold dom over jorden! For du har alle hedningene i eie!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
Read in contextPsalms 2:8
Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
Read in contextPsalms 96:13
before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
Read in contextPsalms 22:28
For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
Read in contextPsalms 102:13
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
Read in contextZephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
Read in contextMicah 7:2
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
Read in contextPsalms 12:5
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
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