Psalms 147 · Verse 19

Psalms 147:19

He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Psalms 147:19, King James Version

Psalms 147:19 in other translations

BSBHe declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
WEBHe shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
ASVHe showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.
YLTDeclaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
DARBYHe sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
BBEHe makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions.
WebsterHe showeth his word to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel.

What does Psalms 147:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 147:19-20
19-20. This mighty ruler and benefactor of heaven and earth is such especially to His chosen people, to whom alone (De 4:32-34) He has made known His will, while others have been left in darkness. Therefore unite in the great hallelujah.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 He showeth his word unto Jacob - To no nation of the world beside had God given a revelation of his will.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 147:12-20

The church, like Jerusalem of old, built up and preserved by the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, is exhorted to praise him for all the benefits and blessings vouchsafed to her; and these are represented by his favours in the course of nature. The thawing word may represent the gospel of Christ, and the thawing wind the Spirit of Christ; for the Spirit is compared to the wind, Joh 3:8. Converting grace softens…

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Psalms 147:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מַגִּ֣ידma.Gid[the one who] declaresH5046
דְּבָרָ֣יוde.va.rovwords hisH1697
לְיַעֲקֹ֑בle.ya.'a.Koto JacobH3290
חֻקָּ֥יוchu.Kavdecrees hisH2706
וּ֝מִשְׁפָּטָ֗יוu.mish.pa.Tavand judgments hisH4941
לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃le.Yis.ra.'Elto IsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 147:19

  • Malachi 4:4

    Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

  • Psalms 78:5

    For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

  • Deuteronomy 33:2-4

    And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

  • Romans 9:4

    Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

  • Deuteronomy 5:22

    These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

  • Deuteronomy 4:45

    These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

  • Deuteronomy 5:31

    But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

  • Romans 3:2

    Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

  • Psalms 103:7

    He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

  • Psalms 76:1

    To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 4:1

    Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.

  • Exodus 20:1-21

    And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sheweth.
76:1; 78:5; 103:7; De 33:2-4; Mal 4:4; Ro 3:2; 9:4; 2Ti 3:15-17
word. Heb. words.
Ex 20:1-21; De 4:12,13; *marg:
De 5:22
his statutes.
Ex 21:1-23:33; De 4:1,8,45; 5:31; 6:1; Mal 4:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 147:18

    He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

  • Psalms 147:19

    He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

  • Psalms 147:20

    He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.

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Psalms 147:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El denuncia sus palabras á Jacob, sus estatutos y sus juicios á Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il annonce ses paroles à Jacob, ses statuts et ses ordonnances à Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Er verkündet Jakob sein Wort, Israel seine Satzungen und seine Rechte.