King James Version
Psalms 9:20 in the King James Version says “Put them in fear , O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Put them in fear , O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.”
Psalms 9:20 · KJV
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
Put them in fear , O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“may know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“that the nations”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“themselves to be but men”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
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