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Psalms 95:6

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

KJV

Confessio et pulchritudo in conspectu ejus ; sanctimonia et magnificentia in sanctificatione ejus.

Vulgate

ἐξομολόγησις καὶ ὡραιότης ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, ἁγιωσύνη καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια ἐν τῷ ἁγιάσματι αὐτοῦ.

LXX

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:

ASV

בֹּ֭אוּ נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֣ה וְ/נִכְרָ֑עָה נִ֝בְרְכָ֗ה לִֽ/פְנֵי יְהוָ֥ה עֹשֵֽׂ/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
yshtchv
verb · 174×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כָֽרְעוּ֙
kr'v
verb · 36×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2628Adoration is the first attitude of man acknowledging that he is a creature before his Creator. It exalts the greatness of the Lord who made us99 and the almighty power of the Savior who sets us free from evil. Adoration is homage of the spirit to the "King of Glory,"100 respectful silence in the presence of the "ever greater" God.101 Adoration of the thrice-holy and sovereign G…
Chapter 4.—Of the Diversity of Languages, and of the Founding of Babylon. But though these nations are said to have been dispersed according to their languages, yet the narrator recurs to that time when all had but one language, and explains how it came to pass that a diversity of languages was introduced. “The whole earth,” he says, “was of one lip, and all had one speech. And…
Wherefore, there is no room left for doubt that all the faithful of Christ may, according to the custom ever received in the Catholic Church, render in veneration the worship of latria, which is due to the true God, to this most holy sacrament.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 29:20 — And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
  • 1Cor 6:20 — For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
  • 1Kgs 8:54 — And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread
  • 1Kgs 8:54 — And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread
  • 1Pet 4:19 — Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
  • 2Chr 6:13 — For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knee
  • 2Chr 6:13 — For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knee
  • 2Chr 20:18 — And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
  • Acts 7:60 — And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Acts 10:25 — And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
  • Acts 20:36 — And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
  • Acts 21:5 — And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and
  • Acts 21:5 — And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and
  • Dan 6:10 — Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave
  • Dan 6:10 — Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave
  • Eccl 12:1 — Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
  • Eph 3:14 — For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Eph 3:14 — For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Exod 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th
  • Ezra 9:5 — And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
  • Ezra 9:5 — And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
  • Gen 24:52 — And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
  • Hos 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
  • Hos 8:14 — For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
  • Isa 17:7 — At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 43:7 — Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
  • Isa 54:5 — For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
  • Job 35:10 — But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
  • John 1:3 — All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
  • Luke 22:41 — And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
  • Mark 14:35 — And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
  • Matt 2:11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold,
  • Matt 4:2 — And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
  • Matt 4:9 — And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
  • Phil 2:10 — That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
  • Ps 45:11 — So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
  • Ps 72:9 — They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
  • Ps 95:1 — O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
  • Ps 100:3 — Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
  • Ps 100:3 — Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.