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Psalm 72:8

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72:8May he rule19 from sea to sea,20

and from the Euphrates River21 to the ends of the earth!

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Footnotes

  1. 19 The prefixed verbal form is a (shortened) jussive form, indicating this is a prayer of blessing.
  2. 20 From sea to sea. This may mean from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Dead Sea in the east. See Amos 8:12. The language of this and the following line also appears in Zech 9:10.
  3. 21 Heb “the river,” a reference to the Euphrates.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

May he have dominion from sea to sea,

and from the River to the ends of the earth!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May he rule from sea to sea

and from the River to the ends of the earth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

May he rule from sea to sea

and from the Euphrates

to the ends of the earth.

NLTNew Living Translation

May he reign from sea to sea,

and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And may he rule from sea up to sea,

and from the River to the edges of the land.

KJV 1900King James Version

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,

And from the river unto the ends of the earth.