Psalms 47 · Verse 3

Psalms 47:3

He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
Psalms 47:3, King James Version

Psalms 47:3 in other translations

BSBHe subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
WEBHe subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet.
ASVHe subdueth peoples under us, And nations under our feet.
YLTHe leadeth peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
DARBYHe subdueth the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.
BBEHe will put down the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.
WebsterHe shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

What does Psalms 47:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 47:2-3

2-3. His universal sovereignty now exists, and will be made known.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 He shall subdue the people under us - He shall do again for us what he had done for our forefathers - give us dominion over our enemies, and establish us in our own land. I would rather read this in the past tense, relative to what God did for their fathers in destroying the Canaanites, and giving them the promised land for their possession, and taking the people for his own inheritance. This is also applied to the conversion of the Gentiles who, on the rejection of the Jews, have become his inheritance; and whom he has chosen to inherit all those spiritual blessings typified by the sacrifices and other significant rites and ceremonies of the Jewish Church.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 47:1-4

The people exhorted to praise God. Verses 1-4 The God with whom we have to do, is a God of awful majesty. The universal and absolute sovereignty of a holy God would be too terrible for us even to think of, were it not exercised by his Son from a mercy-seat; but now it is only terrible to the workers of iniquity. While his people express confidence and joy, and animate each other in serving him, let sinners submit to…

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Psalms 47:3 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.

יַדְבֵּ֣רyad.Berhe subduesH1696
עַמִּ֣ים'a.MimpeoplesH5971
תַּחְתֵּ֑ינוּtach.Tei.nuunder usH8478
וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗יםu.le.'u.Mimand peoplesH3816
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunderH8478
רַגְלֵֽינוּ\׃rag.Lei.nufeet ourH7272

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

Cross references for Psalms 47:3

  • 1 Corinthians 15:25

    For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

  • Psalms 18:47

    It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

  • Psalms 81:14

    I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

  • Psalms 110:1

    A Psalm of David. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

  • Philippians 3:21

    Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

  • Joshua 10:24-25

    And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.

  • Deuteronomy 33:29

    Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
subdue.
18:47; 81:14; De 33:29; *marg:
Jos 21:44; Php 3:21
our feet.
110:1; Jos 10:24,25; 1Co 15:25

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

Context

  • Psalms 47:2

    For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

  • Psalms 47:3

    He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

  • Psalms 47:4

    He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

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Psalms 47:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El sujetará á los pueblos debajo de nosotros, y á las gentes debajo de nuestros pies.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car l’ Éternel, le Très-haut, est terrible, un grand roi sur toute la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er unterwarf uns die Völker, und die Völkerschaften unter unsere Füße.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fundatur exsultatione universæ terræ mons Sion; latera aquilonis, civitas regis magni.