Psalms 94:10
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy 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 teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Read in contextIsaiah 28:26
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:25
Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
Read in contextJohn 6:45
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:3
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Read in contextPsalms 44:2
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Read in contextProverbs 2:6
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Read in contextPsalms 119:66
Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
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