Psalms 94:10
8 Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
9 He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
- KJV
- He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
- WEB
- He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
- ASV
- He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, [Even] he that teacheth man knowledge?
- DARBY
- He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct he that teacheth man knowledge?
- BLB
- The One disciplining the nations, does He not correct—the One teaching a man knowledge?
- ÅB
- Mon han som refser hedningene, ikke skulle straffe, han som gir menneskene forstand?
- OTB
- Han som underviser nasjonene, vil han ikke rette,
Han som gir menneskene kunnskap? - B1930
- Mon han som refser hedningene, ikke skulde straffe, han som gir menneskene forstand?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 35:11
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
Read in contextIsaiah 28:26
For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:25
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
Read in contextJohn 6:45
It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
Read in contextIsaiah 2:3
And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Read in contextPsalms 44:2
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
Read in contextProverbs 2:6
For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Read in contextPsalms 119:66
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
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