What Does Exodus 15:18 Mean in the King James?
The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The LORD’s reign has no final generation: every age falls within its horizon.
THE MEANING
The verse names a reign whose horizon does not close. The present moment and every generation belong within its reach.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that the LORD’s reign has an expiration point dissolves here: no age is its last.
THE ROOT
יִמְלֹךְ
yimlokh
GROWS FROM
מלך
M-L-K
To rule or be king.
“shall reign” in this verse is yimlokh. The verb “reign” grows from the same root as “king” and “kingdom.” Hebrew holds ruler, rule, and realm together in one family of words; here that reign stretches across every age.
ALSO GROWS
melek: King
מֶלֶךְ
The reign belongs to a ruler; it is not an impersonal force.
malkut: Kingship, kingdom
מַלְכוּת
This branch names the rule and realm carried by the same root as “shall reign.”
THE PATTERN
The LORD’s reign extends across all generations and ages, beyond the span of any single moment.
The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.THE THREAD
The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.Exodus and Psalm use the same Hebrew verb for “shall reign,” from מלך (M-L-K), meaning to rule or be king. Psalm’s “unto all generations” opens the phrase “for ever and ever” into a concrete span: no generation stands outside this reign.
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