Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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 shall be fresher than in vigor; he shall return to the days of his youth; 26 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. 27 He will observe to men, and say, I have sinned and perverted righteousness; and it was not equally repaid to me,

Cross References

Psalm 50:15

and call on Me in the day of trouble; and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.

Numbers 6:25-26

Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you.

1 Samuel 26:23

May Jehovah give to each his righteousness and his faithfulness. For Jehovah delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed.

2 Kings 20:2-5

And he turned his face to the wall and prayed to Jehovah, saying, O Jehovah,

2 Chronicles 33:12-13

And when he was in affliction, he sought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 33:19

and his prayer, and his entreaty, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places and set up Asherahs and graven images, before he was humbled, behold, they are written among the Matters of the Seers.

Job 22:26-27

For then you shall have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.

Job 34:11

For He repays man's work, and causes him to find according to his ways.

Job 34:28

so as to cause the cry of the poor to come to Him, for He hears the cry of the afflicted.

Job 42:8-9

And now take to yourselves seven young bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. And My servant Job will pray for you. Surely I will lift up his face so as not to do with you according to your foolishness, in that you have not spoken of Me what is right, like My servant Job.

Psalm 4:6-7

There are many who say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift up the light of Your face on us.

Psalm 6:1-9

To the Chief Musician, for eight-stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in Your anger, nor chasten me in the heat of Your fury.

Psalm 16:11

You will make Me know the way of life; in Your presence is fullness of joys. At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 18:20

Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.

Psalm 28:1-2

A Psalm of David. I will cry to You, O Jehovah; my Rock, do not be deaf to me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.

Psalm 28:6

Blessed is Jehovah, because He has heard the voice of my prayers.

Psalm 30:5

For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 30:7-11

O Jehovah, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled.

Psalm 41:8-11

They say, A wicked thing is poured out on him, and he who lies down shall rise no more.

Psalm 62:12

Also to You, O Jehovah, belongs mercy; for You give to every man according to his work.

Psalm 67:1

To the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be merciful to us, and bless us, and cause His face to shine on us. Selah.

Psalm 91:15

He shall call on Me, and I will answer Him; I will be with Him in trouble; I will deliver Him, and honor Him.

Psalm 116:1-6

I love Jehovah because He hears my voice and my prayers.

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, Behold, we did not know; does not He who searches the heart consider it? And the Keeper of your soul, does He know? And He repays to a man according to his works.

Isaiah 30:19

For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more; He will be very gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When He hears it, He will answer you.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and inscrutable things which you do not know.

Jonah 2:2-7

and he said, I cried to Jehovah from my distress. And He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help, and You heard my voice.

Matthew 10:41-42

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward. And he who receives a just one in the name of a just one will receive a just one's reward.

Acts 2:28

You revealed to Me the ways of life. You will fill Me with joy with Your countenance."

Acts 9:11

And the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the street which is called Straight and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,

Hebrews 11:26

esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.

Jude 1:24

Now to Him being able to keep you without stumbling, and to set you before His glory without blemish, with unspeakable joy;

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