Psalm 9:20 “Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. S…”

Psalm 9:20

Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

World English Bible

Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

American Standard Version

Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. [Selah

Geneva Bible 1599

Put them in feare, O Lord, that the heathen may knowe that they are but men. Selah.

Darby Translation

Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation

Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! Selah.

Bible in Basic English

Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)

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Cross references

“Put”

Jeremiah 32:40 Psalm 76:12 Deuteronomy 2:25 Exodus 23:27 Ezekiel 30:13 Exodus 15:16

Jeremiah 32:40 · BSB

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

Psalm 76:12 · BSB

He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.

Deuteronomy 2:25 · BSB

This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

Exodus 23:27 · BSB

I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

Ezekiel 30:13 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.

Exodus 15:16 · BSB

and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

“may”

Isaiah 31:3 Ezekiel 28:9 Ezekiel 28:2 Psalm 82:6 Psalm 82:7 Acts 12:22

Isaiah 31:3 · BSB

But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.

Ezekiel 28:9 · BSB

Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.

Ezekiel 28:2 · BSB

“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though yo…

Psalm 82:6 · BSB

I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

Psalm 82:7 · BSB

But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

Acts 12:22 · BSB

And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

Also

Psalm 62:9

Psalm 62:9 · BSB

Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.

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