KJV King James Version
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
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Psalm 95:6
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
WEB World English Bible
Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,
ASV American Standard Version
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker.
Surrounding context — Psalm 95
3 For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand [are] the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills [is] his also.
5 The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry [land].
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
7 For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
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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;Psalm 100:3Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.Psalm 95:1O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.Ephesians 3:14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,1 Corinthians 6:20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.Isaiah 54:5For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.2 Chronicles 6:13For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,1 Peter 4:19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.Luke 22:41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,Ezra 9:5And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,Isaiah 17:7At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.1 Kings 8:54And it was [so], that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.Acts 7:60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.Acts 10:25-26And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped [him].Revelation 22:8And I John saw these things, and heard [them]. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;John 1:3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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