King James Version

Psalms 2:10

Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

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וְ֭עַתָּהveatahand this timeעַתָּהconjunction, adverb — “and this time”H6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletivehenceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.מְלָכִ֣יםmelakhimkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.הַשְׂכִּ֑ילוּhaskilvconsiderשָׂכַלverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “consider”, a commandH7919to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligentconsider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(-ly), guide wittingly.הִ֝וָּסְר֗וּhivaservchastiseיָסַרverb, niphal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “chastise”, a commandH3256to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instructbind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.שֹׁ֣פְטֵיshofetejudgeשָׁפַטverb, qal, participle, construct — “judge”, a verb used as a describing wordH8199to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)[phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.אָֽרֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “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)

Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,

World English Bible

Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth.

Darby Translation

And now, O kings, be ye wise, be admonished, ye judges of the earth.

Douay-Rheims

And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Now therefore understand, ye kings: be instructed, all ye that judge the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ νῦν βασιλεῖς σύνετε, παιδεύθητε πάντες οἱ κρίνοντες τὴν γῆν.