King James Version

Psalms 124:8

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

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עֶ֭זְרֵנוּezrenvhelpעֵזֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “help”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5828aidhelp.בְּשֵׁ֣םbeshemin fameשֵׁםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in fame”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character[phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).עֹ֝שֵׂ֗הosehdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, participle, construct — “do”, a verb used as a describing wordH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…שָׁמַ֥יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).וָאָֽרֶץvaaretsand earthאֶרֶץconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

Our help [is] in the name of Jehovah, Maker of the heavens and earth!

World English Bible

Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.

Darby Translation

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡ βοήθεια ἡμῶν ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου, τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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