# Psalms 105.23 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 21. He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his substance; 22. To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom. > > **23. Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.** > > 24. And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries. 25. He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants. (Psalms 105:21-25, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 21. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions; 22. to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. > > **23. Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.** > > 24. He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries. 25. He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants. (Psalms 105:21-25, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 21. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: substance: Heb. possession 22. To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. > > **23. Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.** > > 24. And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. 25. He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. (Psalms 105:21-25, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 21. He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions. 22. To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise. > > **23. And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.** > > 24. And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries. 25. He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants. (Psalms 105:21-25, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Curse of Ham Objection Defeater](/codex/curse-of-ham-objection-defeater/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.