Psalms 111:6
He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
KJV
quia in æternum non commovebitur.
Vulgate
ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα οὐ σαλευθήσεται· εἰς μνημόσυνον αἰώνιον ἔσται δίκαιος.
LXX
He hath showed his people the power of his works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.
ASV
כֹּ֣חַ מַ֭עֲשָׂי/ו הִגִּ֣יד לְ/עַמּ֑/וֹ לָ/תֵ֥ת לָ֝/הֶ֗ם נַחֲלַ֥ת גּוֹיִֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
וֹ
v
noun · 127×
וֹ
v
noun · 221×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Rashi famously asks: if the Torah is a book of commandments, why does it begin with the creation of the world rather than with the first commandment given to Israel? He answers, citing Rabbi Isaac, that it begins with creation to establish God's sovereignty over the earth. If the nations accuse Israel of theft in taking the land, Israel can reply: God created the world, it is H…
Cross-references
- Deut 4:32 — For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such t
- Josh 3:14 — And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
- Josh 6:20 — So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down f
- Josh 10:13 — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and
- Ps 2:8 — Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
- Ps 44:2 — How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
- Ps 78:12 — Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- Ps 80:8 — Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
- Ps 105:27 — They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Ps 106:8 — Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.