Psalms 72:17

72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. endure: Heb. be his name shall be: Heb. shall be as a son to continue his father's name for ever

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His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

What does Psalms 72:17 mean?

Psalms 72:17 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שֵׁם (shêm), עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm), נוּן (nûwn).

Hebrew interlinear

His

nameשֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

shall

endure

for

ever:עוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

his

nameשֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

shall

continuedנוּןnûwn/noon/H5125to resprout, i.e. propagate by shoots; figuratively, to be perpetual

long

asפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

the

sun:שֶׁמֶשׁshemesh/sheh'-mesh/H8121the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement

and

men

shall

blessedבָרַךְbârak/baw-rak'/H1288to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

him:

all

nationsגּוֹיgôwy/go'-ee/H1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

shall

call

him

blessed.אָשַׁרʼâshar/aw-shar'/H833to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper

endure:

Heb.

his

name

shall

be:

Heb.

shall

son

continue

his

father's

name

for

ever

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What does Psalms 72:17 say?

Psalms 72:17 (King James Version) reads: "His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. endure: Heb. be his name shall be: Heb. shall be as a son to continue his father's name for ever"

Is Psalms 72:17 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 72:17 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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