Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy
more than your companions.

New American Standard Bible

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
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.

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.

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.

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.

Context Readings

A Royal Wedding Song

6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy
more than your companions.
8 Myrrh, aloes, and cassia perfume all your garments;
from ivory palaces harps bring you joy.


Cross References

Psalm 33:5

He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the Lord’s unfailing love.

Psalm 21:6

You give him blessings forever;
You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

Psalm 89:26

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the rock of my salvation.’

Hebrews 1:9

You have loved righteousness
and hated lawlessness;
this is why God, Your God,
has anointed You
with the oil of joy
rather than Your companions.

Hebrews 2:14

Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the Devil

Leviticus 8:12

He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed and consecrated him.

1 Samuel 16:13

So Samuel took the horn of oil, anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the Lord took control of David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

1 Kings 1:39-40

Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”

1 Kings 19:16

You are to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah as prophet in your place.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth take their stand,
and the rulers conspire together
against the Lord and His Anointed One:

Psalm 11:7

For the Lord is righteous; He loves righteous deeds.
The upright will see His face.

Psalm 89:20

I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.

Psalm 99:4

The mighty King loves justice.
You have established fairness;
You have administered justice
and righteousness in Jacob.

Psalm 101:3-4

I will not set anything worthless before my eyes.
I hate the practice of transgression;
it will not cling to me.

Psalm 101:8

Every morning I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
eliminating all evildoers from the Lord’s city.

Isaiah 61:1-3

The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me,
because the Lord has anointed Me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and freedom to the prisoners;

Matthew 3:15

Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him to be baptized.

Matthew 7:23

Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!

Luke 3:22

and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a physical appearance like a dove. And a voice came from heaven:

You are My beloved Son.
I take delight in You!

Luke 4:18-21

The Spirit of the Lord is on Me,
because He has anointed Me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent Me
to proclaim freedom to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed,

Luke 13:27

But He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness!’

John 1:16

Indeed, we have all received grace after grace
from His fullness,

John 3:34

For God sent Him, and He speaks God’s words, since He gives the Spirit without measure.

John 20:17

“Don’t cling to Me,” Jesus told her, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father—to My God and your God.”

Acts 2:28

You have revealed the paths of life to me;
You will fill me with gladness
in Your presence.

Romans 8:29

For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Ephesians 1:3

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.

Colossians 1:18-19

He is also the head of the body, the church;
He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
so that He might come to have
first place in everything.

Hebrews 7:26

For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

Revelation 21:27

Nothing profane will ever enter it: no one who does what is vile or false, but only those written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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