Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

I desire you [with all] my soul in the night; also I seek you [with] my spirit within me, for when your judgments [are] {upon} the earth, [the] inhabitants of [the] world learn righteousness.

New American Standard Bible

At night my soul longs for You,
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For when the earth experiences Your judgments
The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

King James Version

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Holman Bible

I long for You in the night;
yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks You,
for when Your judgments are in the land,
the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

International Standard Version

My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me searches for you. For when your judgments come upon the earth, the world's inhabitants learn righteousness.

A Conservative Version

With my soul I have desired thee in the night. Yea, with my spirit within me I will seek thee earnestly. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

American Standard Version

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Amplified


In the night my soul longs for You [O Lord],
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth
Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Bible in Basic English

In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

Darby Translation

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Julia Smith Translation

My soul desired thee in the night; also my spirit in the midst of me I will seek thee: for when thy judgments to the earth, those dwelling in the habitable globe will learn justice.

King James 2000

With my soul have I desired you in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Modern King James verseion

With my soul I desired You in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My soul lusteth after thee all the night long, and my mind hasteth freely to thee. For as soon as thy judgment is known to the world, then the inhabiters of the earth learn righteousness.

NET Bible

I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.

New Heart English Bible

With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

The Emphasized Bible

With my soul, longed I for thee in the night, Yea with my spirit within me, I kept on searching for thee, - For, when thy regulations extend to the earth, The inhabitants of the world will have learned, righteousness.

Webster

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

World English Bible

With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Youngs Literal Translation

With my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, with my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments are on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
With my soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

אוה 
'avah 
Usage: 26

thee in the night
לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

yea, with my spirit
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

קרב 
Qereb 
Usage: 226

me will I seek thee early
שׁחר 
Shachar 
Usage: 12

are in the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

of the world
תּבל 
Tebel 
Usage: 36

will learn
למד 
Lamad 
Usage: 86

References

Fausets

Hastings

Images Isaiah 26:9

Prayers for Isaiah 26:9

Context Readings

Yahweh's People Vindicated

8 Surely we wait for you [in] the path of your judgments, Yahweh, for your name and renown [are the] desire of [the] soul. 9 I desire you [with all] my soul in the night; also I seek you [with] my spirit within me, for when your judgments [are] {upon} the earth, [the] inhabitants of [the] world learn righteousness. 10 [Though the] wicked person is shown compassion, he does not learn righteousness; he acts unjustly in [the] land [of] uprightness, and he does not see the majesty of Yahweh.


Cross References

Psalm 63:1

O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first his kingdom and righteousness, and all these [things] will be added to you.

Psalm 119:62

[In the] middle of [the] night I rise to give you thanks, because of your righteous ordinances.

Proverbs 8:17

I love {those who love me}, and those who seek me diligently shall find me.

Hosea 5:15

{I will return again} to my place until they acknowledge [their] guilt and seek my face; in their distress they will search me.

Luke 6:12

Now it happened that in these days he went away to the mountain to pray, and was spending the whole night in prayer to God.

Revelation 11:13

And at that hour a great earthquake took place, and a tenth of the city collapsed, and seven thousand {people} were killed by the earthquake, and the rest became terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Numbers 14:21-23

but as I [am] alive, the glory of Yahweh will fill all the earth.

Psalm 58:11

And people will say, "Surely [there is] a {reward} for the righteous. Surely there is a God [who] judges in the land."

Psalm 63:6-7

When I remember you on my bed, I meditate on you in [the] night watches.

Psalm 64:9

And then all men will fear, and will declare the working of God, and will understand his doing.

Psalm 77:2-3

In the day I [have] trouble, I seek the Lord. At night my hand stretches out {continually}; my soul refuses to be comforted.

Psalm 78:34

When he killed [some of] them, then they sought him, and repented and earnestly sought God.

Psalm 83:18

that they may know that you, [whose] name [is] Yahweh, you alone, [are the] Most High over the whole earth.

Psalm 130:6

My soul [waits] for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning. Yes, [more than] watchmen for the morning.

Song of Songs 3:1-4

On my bed in the night, I sought him whom my {heart} loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

Song of Songs 5:2-8

I [was] asleep but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved knocking! "Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is full of dew, {my hair drenched from the moist night air}."

Isaiah 27:9

Therefore by this he will make atonement [for] the guilt of Jacob, and this [will be] all of [the] fruit [of] the removal of his sin: {when he makes} all [the] stones of [the] altar like crushed stones of chalk, no poles of Asherah worship or incense altars will stand.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek Yahweh {while he lets himself be found}; call him {while he is} near.

Mark 1:35

And getting up early in the morning [while it was] very dark, he departed and went to a deserted place, and there he was praying.

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