Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out,

New American Standard Bible

Truth springs from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.

King James Version

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Holman Bible

Truth will spring up from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.

International Standard Version

Truth sprouts up from the ground, while righteousness looks down from the sky.

A Conservative Version

Truth springs out of the earth, and righteousness has looked down from heaven.

American Standard Version

Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

Amplified


Truth springs from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.

Bible in Basic English

Faith comes up from the earth like a plant; righteousness is looking down from heaven.

Darby Translation

Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens.

Julia Smith Translation

Truth will spring up from the earth, and justice looked forth from the heavens.

King James 2000

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Faithfulness will sprout from [the] ground, and righteousness will look down from heaven.

Modern King James verseion

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from Heaven.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Truth shall flourish out of the earth, and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

NET Bible

Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.

New Heart English Bible

Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

The Emphasized Bible

Faithfulness, out of the earth, doth spring forth, And, righteousness, out of the heavens, hath looked down.

Webster

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

World English Bible

Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Restoration Of Favor

10 Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed, 11 Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out, 12 Jehovah also giveth that which is good, And our land doth give its increase.


Cross References

Isaiah 45:8

Drop, ye heavens, from above, And clouds do cause righteousness to flow, Earth openeth, and they are fruitful, Salvation and righteousness spring up together, I, Jehovah, have prepared it.

Isaiah 4:2

In that day is the Shoot of Jehovah for desire and for honour, And the fruit of the earth For excellence and for beauty to the escaped of Israel.

Isaiah 42:21

Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.

Isaiah 53:2

Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him.

Matthew 3:17

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, 'This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

Matthew 17:5

While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'

Luke 2:14

Glory in the highest to God, and upon earth peace, among men -- good will.'

John 14:6

Jesus saith to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

2 Corinthians 5:21

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

1 John 5:20-21

and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

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