Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And from kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,

New American Standard Bible

“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But with kings on the throne
He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

King James Version

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

Holman Bible

He does not remove His gaze from the righteous,
but He seats them forever with enthroned kings,
and they are exalted.

International Standard Version

He won't stop looking at righteous people; he seats them on thrones with kings forever, and they are exalted.

A Conservative Version

He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but he sets them forever with kings upon the throne, and they are exalted.

American Standard Version

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.

Amplified


“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous [those in right standing with Him];
But with kings upon the throne
He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

Bible in Basic English

Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.

Darby Translation

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.

Julia Smith Translation

He will not take off his eyes from the just: and with kings upon the throne, and he will seat them for glory, and they shall be exalted.

King James 2000

He withdraws not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings they are on the throne; yea, he does establish them forever, and they are exalted.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He does not withdraw his eyes from [the] righteous, but he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.

Modern King James verseion

He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous, but they are like kings on the throne; yes, He causes them to sit forever, and they are very high.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He turneth not his eyes away from the righteous; he setteth up kings in their throne, and confirmeth them, so that they alway sit therein.

NET Bible

He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

New Heart English Bible

He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

The Emphasized Bible

He will not withdraw - from a righteous one - his eyes, - but, with kings on the throne, He hath seated men triumphantly, and they have been exalted.

Webster

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yes, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

World English Bible

He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּרע 
Gara` 
Usage: 22

not his eyes
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

but with kings
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

are they on the throne
כּסּה כּסּא 
Kicce' 
Usage: 135

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

נצח נצח 
Netsach 
Usage: 43

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

6 He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth; 7 He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And from kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high, 8 And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,



Cross References

Psalm 33:18

Lo, the eye of Jehovah is to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of Jehovah are unto the righteous, And His ears unto their cry.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause them to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah are the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.

Psalm 113:7-8

He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.

Zephaniah 3:17

Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

2 Thessalonians 3:3

and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard you from the evil;

1 Peter 3:12

because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears -- to their supplication, and the face of the Lord is upon those doing evil;'

Genesis 23:6

Hear us, my lord; a prince of God art thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.'

Genesis 41:40

thou -- thou art over my house, and at thy mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than thou.'

2 Samuel 7:13-16

He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.

2 Chronicles 16:9

for Jehovah -- His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong for a people whose heart is perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because -- henceforth there are with thee wars.'

Esther 10:3

For Mordecai the Jew is second to king Ahasuerus, and a great man of the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking good for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

Job 1:3

and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.

Job 42:12

And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Psalm 78:70-72

And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

Psalm 112:7-10

Of an evil report he is not afraid, Prepared is His heart, confident in Jehovah.

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