Psalm 72:11
New International Version
May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

New Living Translation
All kings will bow before him, and all nations will serve him.

English Standard Version
May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him!

Berean Standard Bible
May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

King James Bible
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

New King James Version
Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him; All nations shall serve Him.

New American Standard Bible
And may all kings bow down before him, All nations serve him.

NASB 1995
And let all kings bow down before him, All nations serve him.

NASB 1977
And let all kings bow down before him, All nations serve him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And let all kings bow down to him, All nations serve him.

Amplified Bible
Yes, all kings will bow down before him, All nations will serve him.

Christian Standard Bible
Let all kings bow in homage to him, all nations serve him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let all kings bow down to him, all nations serve him.

American Standard Version
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
All the Kings of the Earth will worship him and all the nations shall serve him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him.

Contemporary English Version
Make other rulers bow down and all nations serve him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all kings of the earth shall adore him: all nations shall serve him.

English Revised Version
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
May all kings worship him. May all nations serve him.

Good News Translation
All kings will bow down before him; all nations will serve him.

International Standard Version
May all kings bow down to him, and all nations serve him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Yea, all kings shall prostrate themselves before him; All nations shall serve him.

Literal Standard Version
And all kings bow themselves to Him, | All nations serve Him,

Majority Standard Bible
May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

New American Bible
May all kings bow before him, all nations serve him.

NET Bible
All kings will bow down to him; all nations will serve him.

New Revised Standard Version
May all kings fall down before him, all nations give him service.

New Heart English Bible
Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.

Webster's Bible Translation
Yes, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

World English Bible
Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.

Young's Literal Translation
And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him,

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Context
Endow the King with Your Justice
10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. 11May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him. 12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.…

Cross References
1 Kings 4:24
For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates--over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza--and he had peace on all sides.

Psalm 45:12
The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.

Psalm 47:9
The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.

Psalm 86:9
All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.

Psalm 89:27
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Psalm 138:4
All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.

Isaiah 23:18
Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.


Treasury of Scripture

Yes, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

all kings

Psalm 2:10-12
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth…

Psalm 138:4,5
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth…

Isaiah 49:22,23
Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders…

all nations

Psalm 86:9
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

Isaiah 11:9
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

Isaiah 54:5
For 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.

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(11) Yea, all kings shall . . .--Better, as before, Let all kings.

Verse 11. - Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him (comp. Isaiah 49:7, 23; Isaiah 60:3-14). This prophecy has not yet been fulfilled in the letter; but it may one day be exactly accomplished. Or it may not have been intended to be understood literally. General truths are often expressed by the sacred writers universally.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
May all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

kings
מְלָכִ֑ים (mə·lā·ḵîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4428: A king

bow down to him
וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ־ (wə·yiš·ta·ḥă·wū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

[and] all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

nations
גּוֹיִ֥ם (gō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

serve him.
יַֽעַבְדֽוּהוּ׃ (ya·‘aḇ·ḏū·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave


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