Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.
New American Standard Bible
Indeed, my heritage is
King James Version
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Holman Bible
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.
Amplified
The [boundary] lines [of the land] have fallen for me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.
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
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 16:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Confidence In The Lord
5 Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 78:55
He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Jeremiah 3:19
But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
Psalm 21:1-3
The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
Amos 7:17
therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
John 20:17
Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
Romans 8:17
and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him , that we may be also glorified with him .
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;
Ephesians 1:18
having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Philippians 2:9-11
Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;
2 Timothy 2:12
if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:
Hebrews 12:2
looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Revelation 3:21
He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.