New International Version
Psalms 94:10
10Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?
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?
- 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?
- New Living Translation (NLT)He punishes the nations—won’t he also punish you? He knows everything—doesn’t he also know what you are doing?
Context of Psalms 94:10
8Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise? 9Does he who fashioned the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see? Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge? 11The Lord knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile. 12Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord, the one you teach from your law;
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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 have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
- Psalms 10:16The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.
- Psalms 44:2With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.
- Psalms 135:8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of people and animals.
- Psalms 149:7to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
- Isaiah 10:12When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes.
- Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!
- Jeremiah 10:25Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland.
- Ezekiel 39:21“I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay on them.
- Isaiah 10:5“Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
- Amos 3:2“You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
- Habakkuk 1:12Lord, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, you will never die. You, Lord, have appointed them to execute judgment; you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.
- Habakkuk 3:12In wrath you strode through the earth and in anger you threshed the nations.
- Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
- Psalms 119:66Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands.
- Job 35:11who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth and 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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