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Psalm 62:11

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62:11God has declared one principle;

two principles I have heard:26

God is strong,27

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Footnotes

  1. 26 Heb “one God spoke, two which I heard.” This is a numerical saying utilizing the “x” followed by “x + 1” pattern to facilitate poetic parallelism. (See W. M. W. Roth, Numerical Sayings in the Old Testament [], 55–56.) As is typical in such sayings, a list corresponding to the second number (in this case “two”) follows. Another option is to translate, “God has spoken once, twice [he has spoken] that which I have heard.” The terms אַחַת (’akhat, “one; once”) and שְׁתַּיִם (shétayim, “two; twice”) are also juxtaposed in 2 Kgs 6:10 (where they refer to an action that was done more than “once or twice”) and in Job 33:14 (where they refer to God speaking “one way” and then in “another manner”).
  2. 27 Heb “that strength [belongs] to God.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Once God has spoken;

twice have I heard this:

that power belongs to God,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

One thing God has spoken,

two things I have heard:

“Power belongs to you, God,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God has spoken once;

I have heard this twice:

strength belongs to God,

NLTNew Living Translation

God has spoken plainly,

and I have heard it many times:

Power, O God, belongs to you;

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Once God has spoken;

twice I have heard this:

that strength belongs to God.

KJV 1900King James Version

God hath spoken once;

Twice have I heard this;

That power belongeth unto God.