Psalm 72:8
New International Version
May he rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.

New Living Translation
May he reign from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

English Standard Version
May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!

Berean Standard Bible
May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

King James Bible
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

New King James Version
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.

New American Standard Bible
May he also rule from sea to sea, And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

NASB 1995
May he also rule from sea to sea And from the River to the ends of the earth.

NASB 1977
May he also rule from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.

Legacy Standard Bible
May he also have dominion from sea to sea And from the River to the ends of the earth.

Amplified Bible
May he also rule from sea to sea And from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.

Christian Standard Bible
May he rule from sea to sea and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
May he rule from sea to sea and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

American Standard Version
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He shall rule from sea to sea and from the rivers unto the ends of the Earth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

Contemporary English Version
Let his kingdom reach from sea to sea, from the Euphrates River across all the earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

English Revised Version
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River unto the ends of the earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
May he rule from sea to sea, from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

Good News Translation
His kingdom will reach from sea to sea, from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

International Standard Version
May he rule from sea to sea, from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

JPS Tanakh 1917
May he have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth.

Literal Standard Version
And He rules from sea to sea, | And from the river to the ends of the earth.

Majority Standard Bible
May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

New American Bible
May he rule from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the earth.

NET Bible
May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!

New Revised Standard Version
May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

New Heart English Bible
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the farthest parts of the earth.

Webster's Bible Translation
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

World English Bible
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Endow the King with Your Justice
7May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more. 8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth. 9May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.…

Cross References
Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

Exodus 23:31
And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

Psalm 80:11
It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.

Psalm 89:25
I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.

Psalm 110:2
The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: "Rule in the midst of Your enemies."

Zephaniah 2:11
The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.

Zechariah 9:10
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.


Treasury of Scripture

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

he shall

Psalm 2:8
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Psalm 80:11
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

Psalm 89:25,36
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers…

the ends

Psalm 22:27,28
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee…

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Psalm 72
1. David, praying for Solomon, shows the goodness and glory of God's kingdom
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(8) He shall have. . . .--The original is more poetical, recalling the root idea of the verb, "may he tread down (the nations) from sea to sea."

That the river in the next clause is the Euphrates there can be no question, but are we, therefore, to see precise geographical limits in the expression "from sea to sea" (from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea), as in Exodus 23:31, or is it merely poetical for a wide extent of empire? The vague and general expression, "ends of the earth," which takes the place of the definite "desert," in the passage of Exodus, makes in favour of the latter view. So, too, do the hyperbolic expressions in Psalm 72:5; Psalm 72:11; Psalm 72:17. On the other hand, Psalm 72:10 mentions particular places. The same phrase in Zechariah 9:10 describes the Messianic kingdom, and is certainly poetical, but whether that or this passage is the original is doubtful. . . .

Verse 8. - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea. It does not appear that any particular seas are meant, as in Exodus 23:31 and Numbers 34:3, 6; rather, the idea is that the earth is set in the midst of the sea, and that Messiah's dominion will reach from shore to shore. And from the river (i.e. the Euphrates) unto the ends of the earth. Israel's promised dominion extended only as far as the great river (Genesis 15:18), which was also the boundary of Solomon's kingdom eastward (1 Kings 4:21, 24); Messiah's was to reach indefinitely beyond the river to the world's end.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
May he rule
וְ֭יֵרְדְּ (wə·yê·rəd)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7287: To tread down, subjugate, to crumble off

from sea
מִיָּ֣ם (mî·yām)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

sea,
יָ֑ם (yām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

and from the [Euphrates]
וּ֝מִנָּהָ֗ר (ū·min·nā·hār)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity

to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the ends
אַפְסֵי־ (’ap̄·sê-)
Adverb
Strong's 657: Cessation, an end, no further, the ankle, foot

of the earth.
אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land


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