Psalms 47:3

Psalms 47:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
• New International Version (NIV)He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He will subdue the peoples under us, And the nations under our feet.

Context of Psalms 47:3

1All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God with the voice of triumph! 2For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth. He subdueth the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. 4He hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. 5God is gone up amid shouting, Jehovah amid the sound of the trumpet.

Psalms 47:3 word by word

יַדְבֵּ֣ר עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתֵּ֑ינוּ וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים תַּ֣חַת רַגְלֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 47:3

• Psalms 18:47The God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;
• Psalms 81:14I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
• Deuteronomy 33:29Happy art thou, Israel! Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thine excellency? And thine enemies shall come cringing to thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
• Joshua 21:44And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them: Jehovah gave all their enemies into their hand.
• Philippians 3:21who shall transform our body of humiliation into conformity to his body of glory, according to the working of [the] power which he has even to subdue all things to himself.
• Psalms 110:1Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet.
• Joshua 10:24And it came to pass when they had brought forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called to all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, Come forward, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came forward and put their feet on their necks.
• 1 Corinthians 15:25For he must reign until he put all enemies under his feet.

Commentaries on Psalms 47:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3He shall subdue the people under us - He shall do again for us what he had done for our forefathers - give us dominion over our enemies, and establish us in our own land. I would rather read this in the past tense, relative to what God did for their fathers in destroying the Canaanites, and giving them the promised land for their possession, and taking the people for his own inheritance. This is also applied to the conversion of the Gentiles who, on the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3He shall subdue the people under us - Compare Psalm 18:39, note; Psalm 18:47, note. The word rendered “subdue” is that which commonly means” to speak.” The idea in the use of this word here is that he has only to speak and it is done (compare Psalm 33:9), or that he could do it by a word. Compare, however, on the use of the word here, Gesenius (Lexicon), on the word - דבר dâbar 2, Hiphil. And the nations under our feet - That is, they shall be entirely…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The Lord gave Israel victory, especially under David (see Psalm 18:40–50). God's powerful acts of redemption show his love for Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. His universal sovereignty now exists, and will be made known.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 47

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings