Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, and righteous altogether.

New American Standard Bible

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether.

King James Version

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

Holman Bible

The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever;
the ordinances of the Lord are reliable
and altogether righteous.

International Standard Version

The fear of the LORD is clean, standing forever. The judgments of the LORD are true; they are altogether righteous.

A Conservative Version

The fear of LORD is clean, enduring forever. The ordinances of LORD are true, [and] righteous altogether.

Amplified


The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true, they are righteous altogether.

Bible in Basic English

The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

Darby Translation

The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of Jehovah are truth, they are righteous altogether:

Julia Smith Translation

The fear of Jehovah being pure, standing forever: the judgments of Jehovah, truth, they were altogether just

King James 2000

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The fear of Yahweh [is] pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of Yahweh [are] true; they are righteous altogether,

Modern King James verseion

The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of Jehovah are true and righteous altogether,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The fear of the LORD is clean, and endureth forever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

NET Bible

The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just.

New Heart English Bible

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever. The LORD's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.

The Emphasized Bible

The, reverence of Yahweh, is clean, Enduring evermore, - The, decisions of Yahweh, are faithful, They are righteous, altogether:

Webster

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

World English Bible

The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.

Youngs Literal Translation

The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together.

References

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

The Witness Of Creation And Scripture

8 The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.


Cross References

Psalm 119:142

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.

Genesis 22:12

And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him. For now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.

Genesis 42:18

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live: for I fear God:

Exodus 21:1

Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.

Deuteronomy 4:8

And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

1 Samuel 12:24

Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you.

1 Kings 18:3-4

And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly:

1 Kings 18:12

And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

Psalm 10:5

His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

Psalm 34:11-14

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.

Psalm 36:1

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Psalm 36:6

Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.

Psalm 72:1-2

Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king's son.

Psalm 111:10-6

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that do his commandments : His praise endureth for ever.

Psalm 115:13

He will bless them that fear Jehovah, Both small and great.

Psalm 119:1

ALEPH. Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.

Psalm 119:7

I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.

Psalm 119:39

Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.

Psalm 119:62

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.

Psalm 119:137-138

TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.

Psalm 147:19

He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

Isaiah 26:8

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial name , is the desire of our soul.

Acts 10:22

And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned of God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.

Romans 2:2

And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things.

Romans 3:10-18

as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

Romans 11:22

Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

Revelation 15:3

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.

Revelation 16:7

And I heard the altar saying, Yea, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

Revelation 19:2

for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

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