Parallel Verses

Amplified


“I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent),
The highest of the kings of the earth.

New American Standard Bible

“I also shall make him My firstborn,
The highest of the kings of the earth.

King James Version

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

Holman Bible

I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.

International Standard Version

"Indeed, I myself made him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

A Conservative Version

I also will make him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.

American Standard Version

I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

Bible in Basic English

And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

Darby Translation

And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Julia Smith Translation

Also I will give him the firstborn, the highest to the kings of the earth.

King James 2000

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I will also make him [the] firstborn, [the] highest of [the] kings of [the] earth.

Modern King James verseion

And I will make him My first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

NET Bible

I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth's kings.

New Heart English Bible

I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

The Emphasized Bible

Yea, I, will appoint him, firstborn, Most High to the kings of the earth!

Webster

Also I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

World English Bible

I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Youngs Literal Translation

I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.

References

Context Readings

Perplexity About God's Promises

26
“He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.’
27 
“I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent),
The highest of the kings of the earth.
28
“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forevermore,
And My covenant will be confirmed to him.


Cross References

Numbers 24:7


“Water [that is, great blessings] will flow from his buckets,
And his offspring will live by many waters,
And his king will be higher than Agag,
And his kingdom shall be exalted.

Colossians 1:18

He is also the head [the life-source and leader] of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will occupy the first place [He will stand supreme and be preeminent] in everything.

Revelation 19:16

And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name inscribed, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

Psalm 2:7


“I will declare the decree of the Lord:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son;
This day [I proclaim] I have begotten You.

Psalm 72:11


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

Colossians 1:15

He is the exact living image [the essential manifestation] of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible], the firstborn [the preeminent one, the sovereign, and the originator] of all creation.

Isaiah 49:7


This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, Israel’s Holy One says,
To the thoroughly despised One,
To the One hated by the nation
To the Servant of rulers,
Kings will see and arise,
Princes shall also bow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”

Romans 8:29

For those whom He foreknew [and loved and chose beforehand], He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son [and ultimately share in His complete sanctification], so that He would be the firstborn [the most beloved and honored] among many believers.

Exodus 4:22

Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is My son, My firstborn.

2 Chronicles 1:12

wisdom and knowledge have been granted you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings who were before you has possessed nor will those who will come after you.”

2 Chronicles 9:23-24

And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put into his heart.

Psalm 2:10-12


Now therefore, O kings, act wisely;
Be instructed and take warning, O leaders (judges, rulers) of the earth.

Revelation 21:24

The nations [the redeemed people from the earth] will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring into it their glory.

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