King James Version

Psalms 33:8

Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

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יִֽירְא֣וּyirevfearיָרֵאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “fear”, an unfinished actionH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).מֵ֭יְהוָהmeyehvahfrom Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מִמֶּ֥נּוּmimenvfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “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.יָ֝ג֗וּרוּyagurvfearגּוּרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “fear”, an unfinished actionH1481properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).יֹשְׁבֵ֥יyoshevedwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, construct — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…תֵבֵֽלtevelhabitable partתֵּבֵלnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “habitable part”, the ordinary formH8398the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestinehabitable part, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let all the earth fear Jehovah: Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

Young’s Literal Translation

Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid.

World English Bible

Let all the earth fear Yahweh. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

Darby Translation

Let all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

Douay-Rheims

The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let all the earth fear the Lord; and let all that dwell in the world be moved because of him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φόβηθήτω τὸν Κύριον πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ δὲ σαλευθήτωσαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν οἰκουμένην.