Psalms 22:27

22:27 Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the Lord and turn to him! ¹ 

Let all the nations ²  worship you! ³ 

Psalms 65:5

65:5 You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance,

O God, our savior. ⁴ 

All the ends of the earth trust in you, ⁵ 

as well as those living across the wide seas. ⁶ 

Psalms 98:3

98:3 He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. ⁷ 

All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us. ⁸ 

Isaiah 43:6

43:6 I will say to the north, ‘Hand them over!’

and to the south, ‘Don’t hold any back!’

Bring my sons from distant lands,

and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

Isaiah 45:22

45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, ⁹ 

all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!

For I am God, and I have no peer.

Isaiah 52:10

52:10 The Lord reveals ¹⁰  his royal power ¹¹ 

in the sight of all the nations;

the entire ¹²  earth sees

our God deliver. ¹³ 

Micah 5:4

5:4 He will assume his post ¹⁴  and shepherd the people ¹⁵  by the Lord’s strength,

by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. ¹⁶ 

They will live securely, ¹⁷  for at that time he will be honored ¹⁸ 

even in the distant regions of ¹⁹  the earth.

Zechariah 9:10

9:10 I will remove ²⁰  the chariot from Ephraim

and the warhorse from Jerusalem,

and the battle bow will be removed.

Then he will announce peace to the nations.

His dominion will be from sea to sea

and from the Euphrates River ²¹  to the ends of the earth.

Malachi 1:11

1:11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” ²²  says the Lord who rules over all.

Acts 13:47

13:47 For this ²³  is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have appointed ²⁴  you to be a light ²⁵  for the Gentiles, to bring salvation ²⁶  to the ends of the earth.’” ²⁷ 

Revelation 15:4

15:4 Who will not fear you, O Lord,

and glorify ²⁸  your name, because you alone are holy? ²⁹ 

All nations ³⁰  will come and worship before you

for your righteous acts ³¹  have been revealed.”

[22:27]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “families of the nations.”

[22:27]  ³ tn Heb “before you.”

[65:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “[with] awesome acts in deliverance you answer us, O God of our salvation.”

[65:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “a source of confidence [for] all the ends of the earth.”

[65:5]  ⁶ tc Heb “and [the] distant sea.” The plural adjective is problematic after the singular form “sea.” One could emend יָם (yam, “sea”) to יָמִים (yamim, “seas”), or emend the plural form רְחֹקִים (rÿkhoqim, “far”) to the singular רָחֹק (rakhoq). In this case the final mem (ם) could be treated as dittographic; note the mem on the beginning of the first word in v. 6.

[98:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “he remembers his loyal love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel.”

[98:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “the deliverance of our God,” with “God” being a subjective genitive (= God delivers).

[45:22]  ⁹ tn The Niphal imperative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose after the preceding imperative. The Niphal probably has a tolerative sense, “allow yourselves to be delivered, accept help.”

[52:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “lays bare”; NLT “will demonstrate.”

[52:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “his holy arm.” This is a metonymy for his power.

[52:10]  ¹² tn Heb “the remote regions,” which here stand for the extremities and everything in between.

[52:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “the deliverance of our God.” “God” is a subjective genitive here.

[5:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “stand up”; NAB “stand firm”; NASB “will arise.”

[5:4]  ¹⁵ tn The words “the people” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “by the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.”

[5:4]  ¹⁷ tn The words “in peace” are supplied in the translation for clarification. Perhaps וְיָשָׁבוּ (vÿyashavu, “and they will live”) should be emended to וְשָׁבוּ (vÿshavu, “and they will return”).

[5:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “be great.”

[5:4]  ¹⁹ tn Or “to the ends of.”

[9:10]  ²⁰ tc The MT first person pronoun (“I”), which seems to shift the subject too abruptly, becomes 3rd person masculine singular (“he”) in the LXX (הִכְרִית, hikhrit, presupposed for הִכְרַתִּי, hikhratti). However, the Lord is the subject of v. 8, which speaks of his protection of Jerusalem, so it is not surprising that he is the subject in v. 10 as well.

[9:10]  ²¹ tn Heb “the river.” The Hebrew expression typically refers to the Euphrates, so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:11]  ²² sn My name will be great among the nations. In what is clearly a strongly ironic shift of thought, the Lord contrasts the unbelief and virtual paganism of the postexilic community with the conversion and obedience of the nations that will one day worship the God of Israel.

[13:47]  ²³ tn Here οὕτως (Joutws) is taken to refer to what follows, the content of the quotation, as given for this verse by BDAG 742 s.v. οὕτω/οὕτως 2.

[13:47]  ²⁴ tn BDAG 1004 s.v. τίθημι 3.a has “τιθέναι τινὰ εἴς τι place/appoint someone to or for (to function as) someth….Ac 13:47.” This is a double accusative construction of object (“you”) and complement (“a light”).

[13:47]  ²⁵ sn Paul alludes here to the language of the Servant in Isaiah, pointing to Isa 42:6; 49:6. He and Barnabas do the work of the Servant in Isaiah.

[13:47]  ²⁶ tn Grk “that you should be for salvation,” but more simply “to bring salvation.”

[13:47]  ²⁷ sn An allusion to Isa 42:6 and 49:6. The expression the ends of the earth recalls Luke 3:6 and Acts 1:8. Paul sees himself and Barnabas as carrying out the commission of Luke 24:27. (See 2 Cor 6:2, where servant imagery also appears concerning Paul’s message.)

[15:4]  ²⁸ tn Or “and praise.”

[15:4]  ²⁹ sn Because you alone are holy. In the Greek text the sentence literally reads “because alone holy.” Three points can be made in connection with John’s language here: (1) Omitting the second person, singular verb “you are” lays stress on the attribute of God’s holiness. (2) The juxtaposition of alone with holy stresses the unique nature of God’s holiness and complete “otherness” in relationship to his creation. It is not just moral purity which is involved in the use of the term holy, though it certainly includes that. It is also the pervasive OT idea that although God is deeply involved in the governing of his creation, he is to be regarded as separate and distinct from it. (3) John’s use of the term holy is also intriguing since it is the term ὅσιος (Josios) and not the more common NT term ἅγιος (Jagios). The former term evokes images of Christ’s messianic status in early Christian preaching. Both Peter in Acts 2:27 and Paul in Acts 13:35 apply Psalm 16:10 (LXX) to Jesus, referring to him as the “holy one” (ὅσιος). It is also the key term in Acts 13:34 (Isa 55:3 [LXX]) where it refers to the “holy blessings” (i.e., forgiveness and justification) brought about through Jesus in fulfillment of Davidic promise. Thus, in Rev 15:3-4, when John refers to God as “holy,” using the term ὅσιος in a context where the emphasis is on both God and Christ, there might be an implicit connection between divinity and the Messiah. This is bolstered by the fact that the Lamb is referred to in other contexts as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords (cf. 1:5; 17:14; 19:16 and perhaps 11:15; G. K. Beale, Revelation [NIGTC], 796-97).

[15:4]  ³⁰ tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[15:4]  ³¹ tn Or perhaps, “your sentences of condemnation.” On δικαίωμα (dikaiwma) in this context BDAG 249 s.v. 2. states, “righteous deed…δι᾿ ἑνὸς δικαιώματος (opp. παράπτωμα) Ro 5:18. – B 1:2 (cp. Wengst, Barnabas-brief 196, n.4); Rv 15:4 (here perh.= ‘sentence of condemnation’ [cp. Pla., Leg. 9, 864e; ins fr. Asia Minor: LBW 41, 2 [κατὰ] τὸ δι[καί]ωμα τὸ κυρω[θέν]= ‘acc. to the sentence which has become valid’]; difft. Wengst, s. above); 19:8.”