American Standard Version
Psalms 110:6
6He will judge among the nations,He will fillthe placeswith dead bodies;He will strike through the head in many countries.
Psalms 110:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
- New International Version (NIV)He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries.
Context of Psalms 110:6
4Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek. 5The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He will judge among the nations, He will fillthe placeswith dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries. 7He will drink of the brook in the way: Therefore will he lift up the head.
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יָדִ֣ין בַּ֭גּוֹיִם מָלֵ֣א גְוִיּ֑וֹת מָ֥חַץ רֹ֝֗אשׁ עַל־אֶ֥רֶץ רַבָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 110:6
- 1 Samuel 2:10They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed.
- Isaiah 2:4And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
- Isaiah 11:3And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;
- Isaiah 42:1Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
- Isaiah 51:5My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
- Joel 3:12Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
- Micah 4:8And thou, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
- John 5:22For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son;
- Revelation 19:11And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
- Isaiah 34:2For Jehovah hath indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
- Isaiah 43:2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
- Isaiah 66:16For by fire will Jehovah execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.
- Ezekiel 38:21And I will call for a sword against him unto all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
- Ezekiel 39:4Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy hordes, and the peoples that are with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
- Revelation 14:20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and there came out blood from the winepress, even unto the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
- Psalms 68:21But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.
Commentaries on Psalms 110:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6He shall judge among the heathen - David shall greatly extend his dominion, and rule over the Idumeans, Moabites, Philistines, etc. He shall fill - with the dead bodies - He shall fill pits - make heaps of slain; there shall be an immense slaughter among his enemies. He shall wound the heads - He shall so bring down the power of all the neighboring kings, as to cause them to acknowledge him as their lord, and pay him tribute.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He shall judge among the heathen - Among the “nations.” That is, he shall set up a kingdom, or shall rule over the nations of the earth. He shall come to execute judgment and justice, and shall apportion to people what is due to them. See the notes at Isaiah 11:3-5. He shall fill the places with the dead bodies - He shall make a great slaughter - indicative of conquest, and of the subjugation of the world to himself. It would be “as if” the bodies of the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6at Your right hand: This position brings help and protection (see Psalms 16:7–8; 108:13). The Lord will strike down rebellious kings. Rebellion against the Lord leads to death (Psalm 2; Romans 6:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. The person is again changed. The Messiah's conquests are described, though His work and God's are the same. As after a battle, whose field is strewn with corpses, the conqueror ascends the seat of empire, so shall He "judge," or "rule," among many nations, and subdue the head--or (as used collectively for "many") "the heads," over many lands. wound--literally, "smite," or "crush" (compare Psa 110:5).Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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