King James Version
Psalms 46:10 in the King James Version says “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 46 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalms 46:10 · KJV
Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
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“and know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that I am God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“I will be exalted”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
“among the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“I will be exalted”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
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