God’s Word Translation
Psalms 94:10
10He disciplines nations. Do you think he can’t punish? He teaches people. Do you think he doesn’t know anything?
Psalms 94:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
- New International Version (NIV)Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?
- English Standard Version (ESV)He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge—
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge?
Context of Psalms 94:10
8Pay attention, you stupid people! When will you become wise, you fools? 9God created ears. Do you think he can’t hear? He formed eyes. Do you think he can’t see? He disciplines nations. Do you think he can’t punish? He teaches people. Do you think he doesn’t know anything? 11The Lord knows that people’s thoughts are pointless. 12O Lord, blessed is the person whom you discipline and instruct from your teachings.
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הֲיֹסֵ֣ר גּ֭וֹיִם הֲלֹ֣א יוֹכִ֑יחַ הַֽמְלַמֵּ֖ד אָדָ֣ם דָּֽעַת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 94:10
- Psalms 9:5You condemned nations. You destroyed wicked people. You wiped out their names forever and ever.
- Psalms 10:16The Lord is king forever and ever. The nations have vanished from his land.
- Psalms 44:2By your power you forced nations ⌞out of the land⌟, but you planted our ancestors ⌞there⌟. You shattered many groups of people, but you set our ancestors free.
- Psalms 135:8He is the one who killed every firstborn male in Egypt. He killed humans and animals alike.
- Psalms 149:7to take vengeance on the nations, to punish the people of the world,
- Isaiah 10:12When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will punish the king of Assyria for all his boasting and all his arrogance.
- Isaiah 37:36The Lord’s angel went out and killed 185,000 ⌞soldiers⌟ in the Assyrian camp. When the Judeans got up early in the morning, they saw all the corpses.
- Jeremiah 10:25Pour out your fury on the nations who don’t know you and on people who don’t worship you. They have devoured the descendants of Jacob. They have devoured them completely. They have destroyed their homes.
- Ezekiel 39:21“I will show my greatness among the nations. All the nations will see how I will turn my power against them to punish them.
- Isaiah 10:5“How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is the staff in the Assyrians’ hands.
- Amos 3:2Out of all the families on earth, I have known no one else but you. That is why I am going to punish you for all your sins.
- Habakkuk 1:12Didn’t you exist before time began, O Lord, my God, my Holy One? We will not die! O Lord, you have appointed the Babylonians to bring judgment. O Rock, you have destined them to correct us.
- Habakkuk 3:12You march through the earth with fury. You trample the nations in anger.
- Psalms 25:8The Lord is good and decent. That is why he teaches sinners the way they should live.
- Psalms 119:66Teach me ⌞to use⌟ good judgment and knowledge, because I believe in your commandments.
- Job 35:11who teaches us more than he teaches the animals of the earth, who makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?’
Commentaries on Psalms 94:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? - You, who are heathens, and heathens of the most abandoned kind. He that teacheth man knowledge - We here supply shall not he know? But this is not acknowledged by the original, nor by any of the Versions. Indeed it is not necessary; for either the words contain a simple proposition, "It is he who teacheth man knowledge," or this clause should be read in connection with Psalm 94:11; : "Jehovah, who…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10He that chastiseth the heathen - More literally, “Shall not the Reprover of nations - shall he not chastise - he that teaches man knowledge?” The idea is, that God exercises a government over the nations of the earth; that he has them under his control; that he brings heavy judgments on them; that he thus conveys great lessons to man. And shall not such a Being, in individual cases, reprove and correct for sin? It is assumed here that God, in fact, brings…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10discipline: This word can also mean "admonished" (Psalm 2:10), "discipline" (6:1; 94:12), or "instructs" (16:7). The Lord disciplines his people to improve their character (Proverbs 3:11–12; Hebrews 12:6–11). He punishes his enemies by giving them what they deserve (Psalm 1:6; Romans 6:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-119-11. The evidence of God's providential government is found in His creative power and omniscience, which also assure us that He can punish the wicked in regard to all their vain purposes.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 94
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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