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Psalms 2:8

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

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שְׁאַ֤לshealdemandשָׁאַלverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “demand”, a commandH7592to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demandask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.מִמֶּ֗נִּיmimenifromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.וְאֶתְּנָ֣הveetnahand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and give”, a determination or requestH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…ג֭וֹיִםgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָnachalatekhaheritageנַחֲלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “heritage”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5159properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portionheritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158 (נַחַל).וַ֝אֲחֻזָּתְךָ֗vaachuzatekhaand possessionאֲחֻזָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and possession”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH272something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)possession.אַפְסֵיafseankleאֶפֶסnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “ankle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH657cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or footankle, but (only), end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless (where), no, none (beside), not (any, -withstanding), thing of nought, save(-ing), there, uttermost part, want, without (cause).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)

Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Young’s Literal Translation

Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth.

World English Bible

Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.

Darby Translation

Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the ends of the earth:

Douay-Rheims

Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αἴτησαι παρʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ δώσω σοι ἔθνη τὴν κληρονομίαν σου, καὶ τὴν κατάσχεσίν σου τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς.