Parallel Verses

Amplified


The [boundary] lines [of the land] have fallen for me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

New American Standard Bible

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

King James Version

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Holman Bible

The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

International Standard Version

The boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places for me; truly, I have a beautiful heritage.

A Conservative Version

The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places. Yea, I have a fine heritage.

American Standard Version

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Bible in Basic English

Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.

Darby Translation

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Julia Smith Translation

The cords fell to me in sweetnesses; also the inheritance was bountiful upon me.

King James 2000

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. Yes, [my] inheritance is delightful for me.

Modern King James verseion

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yea, I have a beautiful inheritance.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The lot is fallen unto me in fair ground; yea I have a goodly heritage.

NET Bible

It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.

New Heart English Bible

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

The Emphasized Bible

The lines, have fallen unto me, in pleasant places, Verily an inheritance that delighteth me.

Webster

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage.

World English Bible

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Confidence In The Lord

5
The Lord is the portion of my inheritance, my cup [He is all I need];
You support my lot.
6 
The [boundary] lines [of the land] have fallen for me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.
7
I will bless the Lord who has counseled me;
Indeed, my heart (mind) instructs me in the night.


Cross References

Psalm 78:55


He also drove out the nations before the sons of Israel
And allotted their land as an inheritance, measured out and partitioned;
And He had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents [the tents of those who had been dispossessed].

Jeremiah 3:19

“Then I said,

‘How [gloriously and honorably] I would set you among My children
And give you a pleasant land—a wonderful heritage,
The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father
And not turn away from following Me.’

Psalm 21:1-3

O Lord the king will delight in Your strength,
And in Your salvation how greatly will he rejoice!

Amos 7:17

Therefore, thus says the Lord, ‘Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city [when the Assyrians capture Samaria] and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by a measuring line; you yourself shall die in an unclean and defiled [pagan] land, and Israel shall certainly go from its land into exile.’”

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, Do not hold Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’”

Romans 8:17

And if [we are His] children, [then we are His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His spiritual blessing and inheritance], if indeed we share in His suffering so that we may also share in His glory.

1 Corinthians 3:21-23

So let no one boast in men [about their wisdom, or of having this or that one as a leader]. For all things are yours,

Ephesians 1:18

And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people),

Philippians 2:9-11

For this reason also [because He obeyed and so completely humbled Himself], God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

2 Timothy 2:12


If we endure, we will also reign with Him;
If we deny Him, He will also deny us;

Hebrews 12:2

[looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].

Revelation 3:21

He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will grant to him [the privilege] to sit beside Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down beside My Father on His throne.

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