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Psalms 72:11

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

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וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּveyishtachavvand crouchשָׁחָהconjunction, verb, hishtaphel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and crouch”, an unfinished actionH7812to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.ל֥וֹlvotoל֥וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toכָלkhalallכֹּלnoun, 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).מְלָכִ֑יםmelakhimkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.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).גּוֹיִ֥םgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, 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.יַֽעַבְדֽוּהוּyaavduhvkeep in bondageעָבַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “keep in bondage”, an unfinished actionH5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.[idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er)…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Yea, all kings shall prostrate themselves before him; all nations shall serve him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him.

Young’s Literal Translation

And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him,

World English Bible

Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.

Darby Translation

Yea, all kings shall bow down before him; all nations shall serve him.

Douay-Rheims

And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Yea, all kings shall prostrate themselves before him; all nations shall serve him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν αὐτῷ πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη δουλεύσουσιν αὐτῷ.