KJV King James Version
The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
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Psalm 10:16
The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehovah is king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!
Surrounding context — Psalm 10
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
14 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
16 The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.Psalm 29:10The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.1 Timothy 1:17Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, [be] honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.Daniel 6:26I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he [is] the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion [shall be even] unto the end.Daniel 4:34And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] from generation to generation:Psalm 145:13Thy kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion [endureth] throughout all generations.Deuteronomy 8:20As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.Psalm 78:55He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.Lamentations 5:19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.Isaiah 33:22For the LORD [is] our judge, the LORD [is] our lawgiver, the LORD [is] our king; he will save us.1 Timothy 6:15-16Which in his times he shall shew, [who is] the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;Psalm 93:1The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, [wherewith] he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.Psalm 44:2-3[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.Psalm 146:10The LORD shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.Psalm 9:5Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.Psalm 9:15The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.Psalm 18:43-45Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people [whom] I have not known shall serve me.
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