He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
Parallel translations
- KJV He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
- BSB He will bless those who fear the LORD—small and great alike.
- NKJV He will bless those who fear the Lord, Both small and great.
- NASB He will bless those who fear the Lord, The small together with the great.
- NLT He will bless those who fear the Lord, both great and lowly.
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Quick answer
God will bless all who fear him, both small and great. It matters because God's blessing reaches every believer regardless of status.
Overview
The promise of blessing extends to the entire community of the faithful, the lowly and the prominent alike. God shows no partiality; reverent faith, not rank, qualifies one for his favor. This impartial grace is fulfilled in the gospel, where there is no distinction and all who believe are equally blessed in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 112:1Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
- Luke 1:50His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.
- Ps 128:1A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.
- Ps 128:4–5Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.
- Rev 19:5A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
- Ps 29:11Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.
- Mal 4:2But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
- Rev 11:18The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
- Mal 3:16–17Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
- Acts 13:26Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.
- Acts 26:22Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
- Rev 20:12I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
- Col 3:11where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
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