What Does Romans 15:11 Mean in the King James?
And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
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
“Laud” repeats the Greek praise-root behind “praise,” so every nation is summoned into one shared voice.
THE MEANING
Every people is included in praise of the Lord; no nation stands outside the call. Distinct peoples remain distinct, yet their voices meet in one shared address.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that praise belongs to one people or one kind of voice: the verse names all nations and all peoples.
THE ROOT
αἰνεῖτε
aineite
GROWS FROM
αἰν-
ain-
praise, commend
“praise / laud” in this verse is aineite. The Greek verb behind “laud” adds ἐπι- to the same αἰν- praise-stem found in “praise.” English gives the parallel lines different verbs, while Greek echoes one act across the whole company of nations and peoples.
ALSO GROWS
aineō: praise
αἰνέω
This is the verb used in the first line.
epaineō: praise, commend
ἐπαινέω
This is the verb used in the second line; it retains the same praise-stem.
הַלְלוּ
halelu
GROWS FROM
הלל
halal
praise
The Hebrew Psalm this verse quotes begins with halelu, from halal, the root behind the established sense “praise.” The Greek quotation carries that call into two parallel verbs from the same praise-family, keeping the repeated summons audible across languages.
ALSO GROWS
hallelu-yah: Praise Yah
הַלְלוּיָהּ
The familiar call carries the same halal praise-root.
tehillah: praise, song of praise
תְּהִלָּה
The root’s praise also appears as a voiced song, fitting the verse’s shared call.
THE PATTERN
Praise gathers every people into one shared address to God.
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.THE THREAD
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.Romans 15:11 repeats this Psalm’s doubled call to praise. Its parallel lines keep every nation and every people within the same shared address to the LORD.
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