King James Version
Psalms 72:11 in the King James Version says “Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 72 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.”
Psalms 72:11 · KJV
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall fall down”
H7812to depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“before him all nations”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“shall serve”
H5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
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