Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
Parallel translations
- WEB For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
- KJV Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
- BSB For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
- NASB Hear this, all peoples; Listen, all inhabitants of the world,
- NLT Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world!
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Quick answer
The psalmist summons all peoples everywhere to hear his teaching. Its wisdom concerns every human being, not just Israel.
Overview
This wisdom psalm opens with a universal call, addressing 'all you peoples' and 'all you inhabitants of the world.' The theme—the folly of trusting riches and the certainty of death—applies to everyone. By summoning the whole world, the sons of Korah underscore that the issues of mortality and true security are humanity's common concern.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 20
- Ps 78:1A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
- Ps 33:8Let all the earth fear Yahweh. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
- Matt 11:15He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
- Rev 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
- Rom 3:29Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
- Matt 28:19–20Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
- Rom 10:18But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
- Rev 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
- Rev 2:29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
- Isa 1:2Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
- Mic 1:2Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
- Isa 49:6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
- Ps 34:11Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
- Matt 13:9He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- Rev 2:11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.
- Prov 1:20–23Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
- Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- Ps 48:1A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
- Ps 46:1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Ps 50:1A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
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