KJV King James Version
All [they that be] fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
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Psalm 22:29
All [they that be] fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.
WEB World English Bible
All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive.
ASV American Standard Version
All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he who hath not revived his soul.
Surrounding context — Psalm 22
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom [is] the LORD’S: and he [is] the governor among the nations.
29 All [they that be] fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [this].
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אָכְל֬וּH398 · a.khalto eatוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֨וּ׀H7812 · sha.chahto bowכָּֽל־H3605 · kolallדִּשְׁנֵי־H1879 · da.shenfatאֶ֗רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetלְפָנָ֣יוH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיִ֭כְרְעוּH3766 · ka.rato bowכָּל־H3605 · kolallיוֹרְדֵ֣יH3381 · ya.radto go downעָפָ֑רH6083 · a.phardustוְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹH5315 · ne.pheshsoulלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotחִיָּֽה׃H2421 · cha.yahto live
Cross-references
Philippians 2:10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;Isaiah 26:19Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.Psalm 45:12And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; [even] the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.Psalm 113:7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;John 11:25-26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:Revelation 20:12-15And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.Isaiah 45:23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.Romans 14:10-12But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.Psalm 78:31The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen [men] of Israel.Isaiah 60:16Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.Psalm 73:7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.Isaiah 29:4And thou shalt be brought down, [and] shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.Psalm 72:10-11The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.Hosea 13:9O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.Isaiah 60:3-5And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.Psalm 49:6-9They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;John 3:36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.Isaiah 10:16Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
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