815 verses contain “Nation” (in the KJV: 574, in the BSB: 652) — showing 201–300
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Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
You have given us up as sheep to be
devoured; You have scattered us among the
nations.
Thou makest us a
byword among the heathen, a
shaking of the head among the people.
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Your arrows
pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the
nations fall beneath your feet.
I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
I will
commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the
nations will praise you
forever and ever.
The heathen
raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Nations rage, kingdoms
crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be
exalted among the heathen, I will be
exalted in the earth.
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be
exalted among the
nations, I will be
exalted over the earth.”
He shall
subdue the people under us, and the
nations under our feet.
He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his
holiness.
God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly
exalted.
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.
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
I will praise You, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel,
awake to visit all the heathen: be not
merciful to any wicked transgressors.
Selah.
O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel,
rouse Yourself to
punish all the
nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors.
SelahBut thou, O LORD, shalt
laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in
derision.
But You, O LORD,
laugh at them; You
scoff at all the
nations.
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the
tumult of the people.
You stilled the
roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the
tumult of the
nations.
He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the
nations: let not the
rebellious exalt themselves.
Selah.
That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
O let the
nations be
glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and
govern the
nations upon earth.
Selah.
Let the
nations be
glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the
nations of the earth.
SelahRebuke the company of
spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the
calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver:
scatter thou the people that delight in war.
Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the
herd of bulls among the
calves of the
nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver.
Scatter the
nations who delight in war.
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all
nations shall serve him.
May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
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.
May his name
endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all
nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
He drove out
nations before them and
apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they
defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
The
nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have
defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to
rubble.
Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the
revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
Why should the
nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the
nations Your
vengeance for the
bloodshed of Your servants.
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the
nations and
transplanted it.
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt
inherit all
nations.
Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a
nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in
remembrance.
saying, “Come, let us
erase them as a
nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
All
nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall
glorify thy name.
All the
nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will
glorify Your name.
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the
nations,
ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Declare among the
nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with
equity.
The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
The LORD reigneth; let the people
tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
O give
thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
Give
thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the
nations.
When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
they
wandered from
nation to
nation, from one kingdom to another.
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
He gave them the lands of the
nations, that they might
inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may
rejoice in the
gladness of thy
nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and
rejoice in the
gladness of Your
nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
To overthrow their seed also among the
nations, and to
scatter them in the lands.
to
disperse their offspring among the
nations and
scatter them throughout the lands.
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that
hated them ruled over them.
He delivered them into the hand of the
nations, and those who
hated them ruled over them.
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give
thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the
nations, that we may give
thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
He will judge the
nations,
heaping up the dead; He will
crush the leaders far and wide.
He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the
heritage of the heathen.
He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
The LORD is
exalted over all the
nations, His glory above the heavens.
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
Praise the LORD, all you
nations!
Extol Him, all you peoples!
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Then was our mouth filled with
laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
Then our mouths were filled with
laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the
nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Who
smote great
nations, and
slew mighty kings;
He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
He has done this for no other
nation; they do not know His judgments.
Hallelujah!
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
For lack of guidance, a
nation falls, but with many counselors comes
deliverance.
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people
curse,
nations shall
abhor him:
Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will
curse him, and
nations will
denounce him;
Ah sinful
nation, a people
laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have
forsaken the LORD, they have
provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Alas, O sinful
nation, a people
laden with iniquity, a
brood of evildoers, children of
depravity! They have
forsaken the LORD; they have
despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be
exalted above the hills; and all
nations shall flow unto it.
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
And he shall judge among the
nations, and shall
rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:
nation shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Then He will judge between the
nations and
arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into
pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer take up the sword against
nation, nor train anymore for war.
And he will lift up an
ensign to the
nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
He lifts a
banner for the distant
nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
Nevertheless, there will be no more
gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of
Zebulun and the land of
Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the
nations:
Thou hast multiplied the
nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men
rejoice when they divide the
spoil.
You have enlarged the
nation and increased its joy. The people
rejoice before You as they
rejoice at harvest time, as men
rejoice in dividing the
plunder.
I will send him against an
hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the
spoil, and to take the prey, and to
tread them down like the
mire of the streets.
I will send him against a godless
nation; I will
dispatch him against a people destined for My
rage, to take spoils and seize
plunder, and to
trample them down like clay in the streets.
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither
doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off
nations not a few.
But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am
prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have
robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a
valiant man:
For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am
clever. I have removed the boundaries of
nations and
plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or
peeped.
My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the
nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing
fluttered, no
beak opened or
chirped.’”
And in that day there shall be a root of
Jesse, which shall stand for an
ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
On that day the Root of
Jesse will stand as a
banner for the peoples. The
nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
And he shall set up an
ensign for the
nations, and shall
assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the
dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
He will raise a
banner for the
nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a
tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of
nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
Listen, a
tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude!
Listen, an
uproar among the kingdoms, like
nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is
mobilizing an army for war.
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them
captives, whose
captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
The
nations will
escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the
nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make
captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
He who
smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the
nations in anger, is
persecuted, and none hindereth.
It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the
nations in
rage with relentless persecution.
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the
nations.
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to
greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the
nations rise from their thrones.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which
didst weaken the
nations!
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the
dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of
nations.
All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
What shall one then answer the messengers of the
nation? That the LORD hath founded
Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
What answer will be given to the envoys of that
nation? “The LORD has founded
Zion, where His
afflicted people will find refuge.”
For the fields of
Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they
wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
For the fields of
Heshbon have
withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the
nations have
trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the
rushing of
nations, that make a
rushing like the
rushing of mighty waters!
The
nations shall
rush like the
rushing of many waters: but God shall
rebuke them, and they shall
flee far off, and shall be
chased as the
chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the
whirlwind.
The
nations rage like the
rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they
flee far away, driven before the wind like
chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a
gale.
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a
nation scattered and
peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a
nation meted out and
trodden down, whose land the rivers have
spoiled!
which sends couriers by sea, in
papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-
skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful
nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and
peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a
nation meted out and
trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have
spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount
Zion.
At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts— from a people tall and smooth-
skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful
nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers— to Mount
Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a
mart of
nations.
On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the
shaking of an olive tree, and as the
gleaning grapes when the
vintage is done.
So will it be on the earth and among the
nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a
gleaning after a
grape harvest.
Therefore shall the strong people
glorify thee, the city of the terrible
nations shall fear thee.
Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of
ruthless nations will
revere You.
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the
vail that is spread over all
nations.
On this mountain He will
swallow up the
shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all
nations;
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter— one that remains faithful.
Thou hast increased the
nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the
nation: thou art
glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
You have enlarged the
nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the
nation. You have gained glory for
Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.
And the multitude of all the
nations that fight against
Ariel, even all that fight against her and her
munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
All the many
nations going out to battle against
Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
It shall even be as when an
hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a
thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is
faint, and his soul hath
appetite: so shall the multitude of all the
nations be, that fight against mount
Zion.
as when a
hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still
hungry; as when a
thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens
faint and
parched. So will it be for all the many
nations who go to battle against Mount
Zion.
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to
sift the
nations with the
sieve of vanity: and there shall be a
bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to
err.
His breath is like a
rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to
sift the
nations in a
sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them
astray.
At the noise of the
tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of
thyself the
nations were scattered.
And your
spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and
fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
Your
spoil, O
nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a
swarm of locusts men
sweep over it.
Come near, ye
nations, to hear; and
hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
Come near, O
nations, to
listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
For the
indignation of the LORD is upon all
nations, and his
fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
The LORD is
angry with all the
nations and
furious with all their armies. He will
devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
Beware lest
Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the
nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Do not let
Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any
nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
Have the gods of the
nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and
Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of
Eden which were in Telassar?
Did the gods of the
nations destroyed by my fathers
rescue those
nations—the gods of Gozan,
Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of
Eden in Telassar?
