1 Samuel 17:46

17:46 This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God

1 Samuel 17:2

17:2 Saul and the Israelite army ¹  assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against ²  the Philistines.

1 Samuel 19:19

19:19 It was reported to Saul saying, “David is at Naioth in Ramah.”

Psalms 22:27

22:27 Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the Lord and turn to him! ³ 

Let all the nations ⁴  worship you! ⁵ 

Psalms 46:10

46:10 He says, ⁶  “Stop your striving and recognize ⁷  that I am God!

I will be exalted ⁸  over ⁹  the nations! I will be exalted over ¹⁰  the earth!”

Psalms 67:2

67:2 Then those living on earth will know what you are like;

all nations will know how you deliver your people. ¹¹ 

Psalms 138:4-5

138:4 Let all the kings of the earth give thanks ¹²  to you, O Lord,

when they hear the words you speak. ¹³ 

138:5 Let them sing about the Lord’s deeds, ¹⁴ 

for the Lord’s splendor is magnificent. ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 11:10

Israel is Reclaimed and Reunited

11:10 At that time ¹⁶  a root from Jesse ¹⁷  will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, ¹⁸  and his residence will be majestic.

Isaiah 49:6

49:6 he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,

to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,

and restore the remnant ¹⁹  of Israel? ²⁰ 

I will make you a light to the nations, ²¹ 

so you can bring ²²  my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

Isaiah 54:1-3

Zion Will Be Secure

54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth!

Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor!

For the children of the desolate one are more numerous

than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

54:2 Make your tent larger,

stretch your tent curtains farther out! ²³ 

Spare no effort,

lengthen your ropes,

and pound your stakes deep. ²⁴ 

54:3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;

your children will conquer ²⁵  nations

and will resettle desolate cities.

Revelation 11:15

The Seventh Trumpet

11:15 Then ²⁶  the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:

“The kingdom of the world

has become the kingdom of our Lord

and of his Christ, ²⁷ 

and he will reign for ever and ever.”

[17:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the men of Israel” (so KJV, NASB); NAB, NIV, NRSV “the Israelites.”

[17:2]  ² tn Heb “to meet.”

[22:27]  ³ tn Heb “may all the ends of the earth remember and turn to the Lord.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 27 are understood as jussives (cf. NEB). Another option (cf. NIV, NRSV) is to take the forms as imperfects and translate, “all the people of the earth will acknowledge and turn…and worship.” See vv. 29-32.

[22:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “families of the nations.”

[22:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “before you.”

[46:10]  ⁶ tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[46:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “do nothing/be quiet (see 1 Sam 15:16) and know.” This statement may be addressed to the hostile nations, indicating they should cease their efforts to destroy God’s people, or to Judah, indicating they should rest secure in God’s protection. Since the psalm is an expression of Judah’s trust and confidence, it is more likely that the words are directed to the nations, who are actively promoting chaos and are in need of a rebuke.

[46:10]  ⁸ tn Elsewhere in the psalms the verb רוּם (rum, “be exalted”) when used of God, refers to his exalted position as king (Pss 18:46; 99:2; 113:4; 138:6) and/or his self-revelation as king through his mighty deeds of deliverance (Pss 21:13; 57:5, 11).

[46:10]  ⁹ tn Or “among.”

[46:10]  ¹⁰ tn Or “in.”

[67:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to know in the earth your way, among all nations your deliverance.” The infinitive with -לְ (lamed) expresses purpose/result. When God demonstrates his favor to his people, all nations will recognize his character as a God who delivers. The Hebrew term דֶּרֶךְ (derekh, “way”) refers here to God’s characteristic behavior, more specifically, to the way he typically saves his people.

[138:4]  ¹² tn The prefixed verbal forms here and in the following verse are understood as jussives, for the psalmist appears to be calling upon the kings to praise God. Another option is to take them as imperfects and translate, “the kings of the earth will give thanks…and will sing.” In this case the psalmist anticipates a universal response to his thanksgiving song.

[138:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “the words of your mouth.”

[138:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “ways.”

[138:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “great.”

[11:10]  ¹⁶ tn Or “in that day” (KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[11:10]  ¹⁷ sn See the note at v. 1.

[11:10]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “ a root from Jesse, which stands for a signal flag of the nations, of him nations will inquire” [or “seek”].

[49:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”

[49:6]  ²⁰ sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel.

[49:6]  ²¹ tn See the note at 42:6.

[49:6]  ²² tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.”

[54:2]  ²³ tn Heb “the curtains of our dwelling places let them stretch out.”

[54:2]  ²⁴ tn Heb “your stakes strengthen.”

[54:3]  ²⁵ tn Or “take possession of”; NAB “shall dispossess.”

[11:15]  ²⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[11:15]  ²⁷ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”