Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

He will watch the feet of the merciful and the unjust shall be silent in darkness; for not by strength shall man prevail.

New American Standard Bible

He keeps the feet of His godly ones,
But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness;
For not by might shall a man prevail.

King James Version

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Holman Bible

He guards the steps of His faithful ones,
but the wicked perish in darkness,
for a man does not prevail by his own strength.

International Standard Version

He guards the steps of his faithful ones, while the wicked are made silent in darkness. He grants the request of the one who prays. He blesses the year of the righteous. Indeed it's not by strength that a person prevails.

A Conservative Version

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness, for by strength no man shall prevail.

American Standard Version

He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.

Amplified


“He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones,
But the wicked ones are silenced and perish in darkness;
For a man shall not prevail by might.

Bible in Basic English

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.

Darby Translation

He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

King James 2000

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked will be destroyed in the darkness, because a man will not prevail by [his] might.

Modern King James verseion

He keeps the feet of his saints, and the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He will keep the feet of his saints but the wicked shall keep silence in darkness. For in his own might shall no man be strong.

NET Bible

He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one's own strength that one prevails.

New Heart English Bible

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness. For no man shall prevail by strength.

The Emphasized Bible

The feet of his loving ones, he doth guard, But, the lawless, in darkness shall be silent, - For, by strength, shall no man prevail.

Webster

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

World English Bible

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.

Youngs Literal Translation

The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He will keep
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

the feet
רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

of his saints
חסיד 
Chaciyd 
Usage: 32

and the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

דּמם 
Damam 
Usage: 30

חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

כּוח כּח 
Koach 
Usage: 126

shall no man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

References

Context Readings

Hannah's Triumphant Prayer

8 Raising up the weak from the dust, he will raise up the needy from the dung-hill to sit with the noble, and he will cause them to inherit a throne of glory, for to Jehovah the castings of the earth, and he will put the habitable globe upon them. 9 He will watch the feet of the merciful and the unjust shall be silent in darkness; for not by strength shall man prevail. 10 Jehovah, they contending against him, shall be broken; in the heavens he will break them in pieces: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth, and he will give strength to his king, and he will lift up the horn of his Messiah.

Cross References

Psalm 33:16-17

The king was not saved by much strength: the strong one will not be delivered by much power.

Psalm 91:11-12

For he will command his messengers for thee, to watch thee in all thy ways.

Psalm 121:3

He will not give to move thy foot: he watching thee will not slumber.

Matthew 8:12

But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth.

1 Peter 1:5

Who by the power of God watching ourselves by faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Surely, he loved the peoples; all his holy ones in thy hand: they lay down at thy foot; and he will take of thy words.

1 Samuel 17:49-50

And David will stretch forth his hand to the vessel and take from thence a stone and sling and strike him of the rovers into his forehead, and the stone will sink into his forehead; and he will fall upon his face to the earth.

Psalm 37:23-24

From Jehovah the steps of a man were prepared, and he will delight in his way.

Psalm 37:28

For Jehovah love's judgment, and he will not forsake his godly ones; forever they were watched, and the seed of the unjust was cut off.

Psalm 94:18

If I said, My foot wavered; thy mercy, O Jehovah, upheld me.

Job 5:16

And hope will be to the poor one, and iniquity contracted her mouth.

Job 5:24

And thou knewest that thy tent is peace, and thou reviewedst thy dwelling, and thou shalt not sin.

Psalm 97:10

Hate evil, ye loving Jehovah: he watched the souls of his godly ones; he will deliver them from the hand of the unjust

Psalm 121:5

Jehovah watching thee Jehovah thy shade upon thy right hand.

Psalm 121:8

Jehovah shall watch thy going out and thy coming in, from time and even forever.

Proverbs 2:8

To guard the paths of judgment, and he will watch the way of his godly ones.

Proverbs 3:26

For Jehovah shall be in thy confidence, and he watched thy foot from being taken.

Proverbs 16:9

The heart of man will purpose his ways, and Jehovah will prepare his steps.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

Also all his days in darkness shall he eat, and much vexation and his sickness and his anger.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I turned back, and saw under the sun that not to the fleet the race, and the war not to the strong, and also not to the wise, bread; and also not to the understanding ones, riches; and also not to the knowing, favor; for time and chance will light upon all of them.

Jeremiah 8:14

For what are we sitting? gather ye together and we will go into the fortified cities, and we shall be silent there: for Jehovah our God caused us to cease, and he will give us to drink the water of poison, for we sinned against Jehovah.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus said Jehovah, The wise shall not boast in his wisdom, and the strong shall not boast in his strength; the rich shall not boast in his riches:

Zephaniah 1:15

A day of wrath, that day a day of straits and distress, a day of storm and desolation, a day of darkness and thick darkness, a day of cloud and gloom,

Zechariah 4:6

And he will answer And say to me, saying, This the word of Jehovah to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by strength, not by power, but by my spirit, said Jehovah of armies.

Matthew 22:12-13

And he says to him, Friend, how camest thou in here, not having a garment of the nuptial feast? And he was muzzled.

Romans 3:19

And we know that whatever says the law, it speaks to them in the law: that every mouth be shut, and all the world be culpable to God.

2 Peter 2:17

These are fountains wanting water, clouds impelled by a hurricane; for whom the obscurity of darkness has been kept forever.

Jude 1:1

Jude, servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the consecrated in God the Father, and the kept in Jesus Christ, the called:

Jude 1:3

Dearly beloved, making all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, beseeching to fight for the faith once delivered to the holy ones.

Jude 1:13

Fierce waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom the obseurity of darkness has been kept forever.

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