Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore God, Your God, has
With the oil of joy above Your fellows.
King James Version
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Holman Bible
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy
more than your companions.
International Standard Version
You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.
A Conservative Version
Thou have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
American Standard Version
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Amplified
You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, your God, has anointed You
Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.
Darby Translation
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou lovedst justice, and thou wilt hate injustice: for this, God thy God anointed thee with the oil of joy above thy companions.
King James 2000
You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you from among your companions [with] festive oil.
Modern King James verseion
You love righteousness, and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
NET Bible
You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.
New Heart English Bible
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness, - For this cause, hath God, thine own God, anointed thee, With the oil of gladness, beyond thy partners.
Webster
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
World English Bible
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.
Themes
Anointing » Figurative » Of Christ's kingly and priestly office
Anointing of the holy ghost » That Christ should receive » Foretold
sacred Anointing » Illustrative of the anointing » Of Christ with the holy ghost
Christ » Reproves » Righteousness of
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As God over all
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Oil
Oil » Illustrative of » The unction of the holy spirit
Prophecies respecting Christ » His being anointed with the spirit
Prophecies respecting Christ » His righteous government
Righteousness » Christ » Loves
Topics
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 45:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Royal Wedding Song
6 Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour. 7 You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings. 8 Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.
Cross References
Psalm 33:5
His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
Psalm 21:6
For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.
Psalm 89:26
He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
Hebrews 1:9
You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.
Hebrews 2:14
And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;
Leviticus 8:12
And some of the oil he put on Aaron's head, to make him holy.
1 Samuel 16:13
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.
1 Kings 1:39-40
And Zadok the priest took the vessel of oil out of the Tent, and put the holy oil on Solomon. And when the horn was sounded, all the people said, Long life to King Solomon!
1 Kings 19:16
And on Jehu, son of Nimshi, making him king over Israel; and on Elisha, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, to be prophet in your place.
Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,
Psalm 11:7
For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.
Psalm 89:20
I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
Psalm 99:4
The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.
Isaiah 61:1-3
The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
Matthew 3:15
But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.
Matthew 7:23
And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
Luke 3:22
The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
Luke 4:18-21
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,
Luke 13:27
But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.
John 1:16
From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.
John 3:34
For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.
John 20:17
Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.
Acts 2:28
You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.
Romans 8:29
Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
Ephesians 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:
Colossians 1:18-19
And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.
Hebrews 7:26
It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:
Revelation 21:27
And nothing unclean may come into it, or anyone whose works are cursed or false; but only those whose names are in the Lamb's book of life.