And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.
- BSB Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
- NKJV Then the man bowed down his head and worshiped the Lord.
- NASB Then the man bowed low and worshiped the Lord.
- NLT The man bowed low and worshiped the Lord.
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Quick answer
The servant bows his head and worships Yahweh. He responds to God's clear guidance with immediate worship.
Overview
Recognizing the Lord's hand, the servant pauses to worship before doing anything else. His reverent response models giving God thanks the moment His faithfulness is seen. Worship, not self-congratulation, marks his discernment of divine providence.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Gen 24:48And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
- Exod 4:31And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- Gen 24:52And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
- Exod 12:27That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
- Mic 6:6Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
- Ps 72:9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
- 1 Chr 29:20And 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.
- Ps 95:6O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
- Neh 8:6And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
- 2 Chr 29:30Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- Ps 66:4All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
- 2 Chr 20:18And 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.
- Exod 34:8And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
- Ps 22:29All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
- Phil 2:10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
- Gen 22:5And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
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