Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

He prays to God, then he accepts him, and he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he repays to the human being his righteousness.

New American Standard Bible

Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him,
That he may see His face with joy,
And He may restore His righteousness to man.

King James Version

He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

Holman Bible

He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.
That man will see His face with a shout of joy,
and God will restore his righteousness to him.

International Standard Version

Let him pray to God and he will accept him; he will appear before him with joyful shouts!"

A Conservative Version

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy, and he restores to man his righteousness.

American Standard Version

He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.

Amplified


“He will pray to God, and He shall be favorable to him,
So that he looks at His face with joy;
For God restores to man His righteousness [that is, his right standing with God—with its joys].

Bible in Basic English

He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;

Darby Translation

He shall pray unto +God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness.

Julia Smith Translation

He shall pray to God and he shall receive him into favor: and he shall see his face with rejoicing, and he will turn back to man his justice.

King James 2000

He shall pray unto God, and he will be favorable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

Modern King James verseion

he shall pray to God, and He will be gracious to him; and he shall see His face with joy, for He will restore to man his righteousness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For if he submit himself unto God, he is gracious, and showeth him his countenance joyfully, and rewardeth man for his righteousness.

NET Bible

He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God's face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness.

New Heart English Bible

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

The Emphasized Bible

He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back to man his righteousness.

Webster

He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render to man his righteousness.

World English Bible

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

Youngs Literal Translation

He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He shall pray
עתר 
`athar 
Usage: 20

אלהּ אלוהּ 
'elowahh 
God, god
Usage: 57

and he will be favourable
רצה 
Ratsah 
Usage: 56

unto him and he shall see
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

with joy
תּרוּעה 
T@ruw`ah 
Usage: 36

for he will render
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

References

Context Readings

A Third Way God Warns People

25 His flesh is renewed with [his] youth; he returns to [the] days of his youthful strength. 26 He prays to God, then he accepts him, and he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he repays to the human being his righteousness. 27 "He will sing to men, and he will say, 'I have sinned and have perverted [what is] right, and it was not paid back to me.

Cross References

Psalm 50:15

And call me in [the] day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."

Numbers 6:25-26

Yahweh will make shine his face on you and be gracious to you;

1 Samuel 26:23

Yahweh repays to each [one] his righteousness and his faithfulness, for Yahweh gave you into my hand today, but I was not willing to stretch out my hand against Yahweh's anointed.

2 Kings 20:2-5

Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh, saying,

2 Chronicles 33:12-13

And when he was in distress he entreated Yahweh his God and greatly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors

2 Chronicles 33:19

And his prayer, and [how] he responded to him, all his sin and his unfaithful acts, and the places where he built the high places and set up Asherahs and idols before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the words of the seers.

Job 22:26-27

Indeed, then you will delight yourself in Shaddai, and {you will expect that God will be good to you}.

Job 34:11

Indeed, he will repay [according to] a human being's deeds, and according to a man's way he will let [it] happen [to] him.

Job 34:28

so that [they] cause [the] cry of distress from [the] helpless to come to him, and he hears [the] cry of distress from [the] needy,

Job 42:8-9

{So then}, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will pray for you, for {I will certainly accept his prayer}, so that it will not be done with you [according to your] folly, for you have not spoken to me what is right as my servant Job [has]."

Psalm 4:6-7

Many are saying, "Who will show us [something] good?" Lift up over us the light of your face, O Yahweh.

Psalm 6:1-9

O Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger, and do not discipline me in your wrath.

Psalm 16:11

You will make known to me [the] path of life. In your presence [is] fullness of joy. At your right hand [are] pleasures forever.

Psalm 18:20

Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands he has repaid me.

Psalm 28:1-2

To you, O Yahweh, I call. O my rock, do not be deaf to me. Or else, if you are silent to me, then I will become like those descending to [the] pit.

Psalm 28:6

Blessed [is] Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my supplications.

Psalm 30:5

For [there is] a moment in his anger; [there is] a lifetime in his favor. Weeping lodges for the evening, but in the morning [comes] rejoicing.

Psalm 30:7-11

O Yahweh, by your favor you caused my strong mountain to stand. You hid your face. I was bewildered.

Psalm 41:8-11

"A ruinous thing is poured out on him, and [now] that he lies down, he will not rise up again."

Psalm 62:12

And to you [belongs] loyal love, O Lord, because you will render to each according to his work.

Psalm 67:1

May God be gracious to us and bless us. May he cause his face to shine toward us, Selah

Psalm 91:15

He will call upon me and I will answer him; I [will be] with him in trouble; I will rescue and honor him.

Psalm 116:1-6

I love [him], because Yahweh has heard {the voice of my supplications}.

Proverbs 24:12

if you say, "Look, we do not know this," does not he who weighs hearts perceive [it]? And he who keeps your soul, he knows and will repay humankind according to his deeds.

Isaiah 30:19

For people will live in Zion; in Jerusalem, you will surely not weep. Surely he will be gracious to you; when he hears the sound of your cry, he will answer you.

Jeremiah 33:3

'Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great [things] and inaccessible [things that] you have not known.'

Jonah 2:2-7

and said, "I called {from my distress} to Yahweh, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried for help-- you heard my voice.

Matthew 10:41-42

The one who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

Acts 2:28

You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with gladness with your presence.'

Acts 9:11

And the Lord [said] to him, "Get up, go to the street called 'Straight' and in the house of Judas look for {a man named Saul from Tarsus}. For behold, he is praying,

Hebrews 11:26

considering {reproach endured for the sake of Christ} greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.

Jude 1:24

Now to the one who is able to protect you from stumbling and make [you] to stand before his glory blameless with exultation,

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