Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 47:3
3He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
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
1O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2For Yhwh most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 4He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. 5God is gone up with a shout, Yhwh with the sound of a trumpet.
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יַדְבֵּ֣ר עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתֵּ֑ינוּ וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים תַּ֣חַת רַגְלֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 47:3
- Psalms 18:47It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
- Psalms 81:14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
- Deuteronomy 33:29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by Yhwh, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
- Joshua 21:44And Yhwh gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Yhwh delivered all their enemies into their hand.
- Philippians 3:21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
- Psalms 110:1Yhwh said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
- Joshua 10:24And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25For he must reign, till he hath 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
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