King James Version
Psalms 24:1
1The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Psalms 24:1 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
- English Standard Version (ESV)The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,
- New King James Version (NKJV)The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.
Context of Psalms 24:1
The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. 3Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
Read all of Psalms 24Psalms 24:1 word by word
לַֽ֭יהוָה הָאָ֣רֶץ וּמְלוֹאָ֑הּ תֵּ֝בֵ֗ל וְיֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 24:1
- Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
- Exodus 9:29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord’s.
- Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
- Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
- Job 41:11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
- Daniel 4:25That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- 1 Corinthians 10:26For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
- Psalms 89:11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
- Psalms 98:7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Commentaries on Psalms 24:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1The earth is the Lord's - He is the Creator and Governor of it; it is his own property. Men may claim districts and kingdoms of it as their property, but God is Lord of the soil. The fullness thereof - "All its creatures." - Targum. Every tree, plant, and shrub; the silver and the gold, and the cattle on a thousand hills. They that dwell therein - All human beings.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The earth is the Lord‘s - The whole world belongs to God. He is the Creator of the earth, and therefore, its Proprietor; or, in other words, “the property vests in him.” It belongs to Him in a sense somewhat similar to our right of property in anything that is the production of our hands, or of our labor or skill. We claim that as our own. We feel that we have a right to use it, or to dispose of it, as we choose. No other person has a right to take it…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Concerning the kingdom of Christ, and the subjects of that kingdom. (1-6) Concerning the King of that kingdom. (7-10) Verses 1-6 We ourselves are not our own; our bodies, our souls, are not. Even those of the children of men are God's, who know him not, nor own their relation to him. A soul that knows and considers its own nature, and that it must live for ever, when it has viewed the earth and the fulness thereof, will sit down unsatisfied. It will think…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The Lord made the earth and everything in it, and now he rules over it (see 1 Corinthians 10:25–26). He sees all its people (Psalm 33:14), no matter their status (49:1–2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-101. fulness--everything. world--the habitable globe, with they that dwell--forming a parallel expression to the first clause.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 24
- 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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