Psalms 24:1

“Of David. A psalm. The earth belongs to YHWH, and all that fills it, the world and those who dwell in it.”
Psalms 24:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Of David.לְדָוִדA psalm.מִזְמוֹרThe earthהָאָרֶץbelongs to YHWH,לַיהוָהand all that fills it,וּמְלוֹאָהּthe worldתֵּבֵלand those who dwellוְיֹשְׁבֵיin it.בָהּ

Quotation · 1 Corinthians 10:26

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Paul quotes the first half of Psalm 24:1 without a formula.

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Greek of the New Testament: τοῦ κυρίου γὰρ ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר לַיהוָה הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ תֵּבֵל וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ

Septuagint (Psalms 23:1 in the Septuagint numbering): Τοῦ κυρίου ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς, ἡ οἰκουμένη καὶ πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν αὐτῇ.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Psalms 24:1, word by word

Of Davidדָוִדdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

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A psalmמִזְמוֹרmizmor

psalm

Psalm: a song sung with instruments. It is the title of many of the poems in the book of Psalms.

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The earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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belongs to YHWHיהוָהyhva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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and all that fills itמְלוֹאָmeloa

fullness

Everything that is in something: the sea and all that fills it, the earth and its fullness.

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the worldתֵּבֵלtevel

world

The world: the inhabited earth.

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and those who dwellיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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Translation note

Paul quotes this sentence in 1 Corinthians 10:26.

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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 10:26

Paul quotes the first half of Psalm 24:1 without a formula.

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Psalms 24:1

¹Of David. A psalm. The earth belongs to YHWH, and all that fills it, the world and those who dwell in it.

1 Corinthians 10:26

²⁶for the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2For he founded it upon the seas, and upon the rivers he established it.

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