Psalms 2:1
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Psalms 2:1
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For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
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The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
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Verse Text
Why do the heathenH1471 rageH7283, and the peopleH3816 imagineH1897 a vain thingH7385?
לָמָּה רָגְשׁוּ גֹויִם וּלְאֻמִּים יֶהְגּוּ־רִיק׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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לָ֭/מָּה |
La./mah | H4100 | HR/Ti | (to)/ why? |
רָגְשׁ֣וּ |
ra.ge.Shu | H7283 | HVqp3cp | do they plot |
גוֹיִ֑ם |
go.Yim | H1471 | HNcmpa | nations |
וּ֝/לְאֻמִּ֗ים |
u./le.'u.Mim | H3816 | HC/Ncmpa | and/ peoples |
יֶהְגּוּ |
yeh.gu- | H1897 | HVqi3mp | do they devise? |
רִֽיק |
Rik | H7385 | HNcmsa | vanity |
- H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי (gôy); apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (gêvâh) H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
- H1897 — הָגָה (hâgâh, daw-gaw'): a primitive root (compare הָגִיג (hâgîyg) H1901); to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder; imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, [idiom] sore, speak, study, talk, utter.
- H3816 — לְאֹם (lᵉʼôm, leh-ome'): or לְאוֹם (lᵉʼôwm); from an unused root meaning to gather; a community; nation, people.
- H7283 — רָגַשׁ (râgash, raw-gash'): a primitive root; to be tumultuous; rage.
- H7385 — רִיק (rîyq, reek): from רוּק (rûwq) H7324; emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain; empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה (mah); or מָ (mâ); or מַ (ma); also מֶה (meh); a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Verse Cross-References
- people — Matthew 21:38, John 11:49-50, Acts 5:33, Revelation 17:14
- rage — Luke 22:1-2, Luke 22:5, Luke 22:22-23, Acts 16:22, Acts 17:5-6, Acts 19:28-32
- Why — Psalms 18:42, Psalms 46:6, Psalms 83:4-8, Isaiah 8:9, Luke 18:32, Acts 4:25
Reciprocal references (76): Genesis 11:6, Numbers 23:25, Numbers 24:19, Joshua 1:18, Joshua 9:2, Joshua 11:1, 2 Samuel 3:8, 2 Samuel 5:17, 2 Samuel 10:15, 2 Samuel 22:44, 1 Kings 12:16, 2 Kings 19:28, 1 Chronicles 14:8, 1 Chronicles 19:16, 2 Chronicles 10:16, 2 Chronicles 13:8, Ezra 4:5, Nehemiah 4:8, Psalms 4:2, Psalms 9:5, Psalms 9:19, Psalms 21:11, Psalms 28:4, Psalms 33:10, Psalms 45:5, Psalms 56:6, Psalms 57:9, Psalms 62:4, Psalms 65:7, Psalms 74:23, Psalms 83:2, Psalms 89:23, Psalms 93:3, Psalms 94:21, Psalms 102:8, Psalms 119:23, Psalms 139:20, Psalms 140:2, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 10:27, Isaiah 33:11, Isaiah 37:29, Isaiah 45:24, Isaiah 54:17, Jeremiah 31:22, Ezekiel 11:2, Ezekiel 38:7, Hosea 7:15, Nahum 1:9, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 10:18, Matthew 20:18, Matthew 26:3, Matthew 27:62, Matthew 28:12, Mark 11:27, Mark 14:1, Mark 14:43, Mark 15:31, Luke 1:51, Luke 6:11, Luke 19:14, Luke 20:14, Luke 20:43, Luke 22:66, Luke 24:44, John 7:19, Acts 2:36, Acts 4:17, Acts 5:17, Acts 14:5, Acts 23:12, 1 Corinthians 2:6, 1 Corinthians 3:20, 2 Peter 2:10, Revelation 11:18
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: HEATHEN
- Torrey’s: GENTILES; HEATHEN, THE; PROPHECIES RESPECTING CHRIST; VANITY
- Nave’s: JESUS, THE CHRIST; PERSECUTION; PROPHECY; QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS; VANITY
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