Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah is good for a fortress in the day of straits; and he knew those trusting in him.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord is good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble,
And He knows those who take refuge in Him.

King James Version

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Holman Bible

The Lord is good,
a stronghold in a day of distress;
He cares for those who take refuge in Him.

International Standard Version

The LORD is good a refuge in troubled times. He knows those who are confiding in him.

A Conservative Version

LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and he knows those who take refuge in him.

American Standard Version

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.

Amplified


The Lord is good,
A strength and stronghold in the day of trouble;
He knows [He recognizes, cares for, and understands fully] those who take refuge and trust in Him.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.

Darby Translation

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

King James 2000

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows them that trust in him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh is good--a refuge in [the] day of distress; [he knows] those who take refuge in him.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Full gracious is the LORD, and a stronghold in time of trouble. He knoweth them that put their trust in him:

NET Bible

The Lord is good -- indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

The Emphasized Bible

Good is Yahweh, as a protection in the day of distress, - and one who acknowledgeth them who seek refuge in him.

Webster

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

World English Bible

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

Youngs Literal Translation

Good is Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מעז מעז מעוּז מעוז 
Ma`owz 
Usage: 36

in the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

חסה 
Chacah 
to trust, to make a refuge, have hope
Usage: 37

References

Fausets

Hastings

Images Nahum 1:7

Context Readings

Destruction Of Nineveh

6 Before the face of his wrath who shall stand? and who will rise up in the burning of his anger? his wrath was poured out as fire, and the rocks were torn down from him. 7 Jehovah is good for a fortress in the day of straits; and he knew those trusting in him. 8 With an inundation passing through he will make a completion of her place, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Cross References

Psalm 1:6

For Jehovah shall know the way of the just: but the way of the unjust shall perish.

Jeremiah 33:11

The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those saying, Praise ye Jehovah of armies: for Jehovah is good, for his mercy is forever: of them bringing thanksgiving to the house of Jehovah; for I will turn back the captivity of the land as at the first, said Jehovah.

2 Timothy 2:19

Truly the firm foundation of God has stood, having this seal, The Lord knows them being his. And, Let every one naming the name of Christ remove from iniquity.

Psalm 25:8

Good and upright is Jehovah: for this he will teach the sinning in the way.

Psalm 100:5

For Jehovah is good; his mercy forever and his faithfulness to generation and generation.

Isaiah 25:4

For thou wert a fortress to the poor, a fortress to the needy in straits; to him a refuge from the inundation, a shadow from the heat when the wind of the terrible ones as the inundation of the wall.

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

1 Chronicles 5:20

And they will be helped against them, and the Hagarites will be given into their hand, and all with them: for they cried to God in the war, and he was entreated for them, for they trusted in him.

1 Chronicles 16:34

Confess ye to Jehovah, for he is good, for his mercy is forever.

2 Chronicles 16:8-9

Were not the Cushites and the Lubims for an army for multitude, for chariots, and for horsemen to a great multitude? and in thy relying upon Jehovah he gave them into thy hand.

2 Chronicles 32:8

With him an arm of flesh; and with us Jehovah our God to help, and to war our wars. And the people will lean upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 32:11

Is not Hezekiah stimulating you to give yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assur?

2 Chronicles 32:21

And Jehovah will send a messenger, and he will cut off every strong one of power, and leader and chief in the camp of the king of Assur. And he will turn back with shame of face to his land. And he will come into the house of his God, and they coming forth from his bowels caused him to fall there by the sword.

Ezra 3:11

And they will answer in praising and in confessing to Jehovah, for he is good, for his mercy forever upon Israel. And all the people shouted a great shout in praising to Jehovah, for the foundation of the house of Jehovah.

Psalm 18:1-2

To the overseer; to the servant of Jehovah, of David who spake to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he will say, I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

Psalm 20:1

To the overseer; chanting of David. Jehovah will answer thee in the day of straits; the name of the God of Jacob shall exalt thee.

Psalm 27:5

For he will hide me in the booth in the day of evil: he will cover me with the covering of his tent; he will lift me up upon a rock.

Psalm 50:15

And call upon me in the day of straits: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honor me.

Psalm 59:16

And I will sing thy strength; and I will rejoice at morning for thy mercy; for they wert a height to me, and a refuge in the day of straits to me.

Psalm 62:6-8

Surely he my rock and my salvation: my height; I shall not be moved.

Psalm 71:3

Be thou to me for a rock of refuge to come always: thou didst command to save me, for thou my rock and my fortress.

Psalm 84:11-12

For Jehovah God a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; he will not withhold good to those going uprightly.

Psalm 86:7

In the day of my straits I will call thee, for thou wilt answer me.

Psalm 91:1-2

He dwelling in the covering of the Most High, in the shadow of the Almighty shall he lodge.

Psalm 91:15

He shall call me and I will answer him: I am with him in straits; I will deliver him and honor him.

Psalm 136:1-26

Confess ye to Jehovah, for he is good: for his mercy is forever.

Psalm 144:1-2

. To David. Blessed be Jehovah my rock, teaching my hands for the encounter, my fingers for war;

Psalm 145:6-10

And they shall tell the strength of thy terrible things, and I will recount thy greatnesses

Proverbs 18:10

The name of Jehovah a tower of strength: into it the just one shall run and be exalted.

Isaiah 26:1-4

In that day this song shall be sung in the land of Judah: A strong city to us; he will set salvation the wall and the fortification.

Isaiah 32:2

And a man was as a hiding of the spirit, and a covering of the tempest; as brooks of water in Zion, as the shadow of a weighty rock in a weary land.

Isaiah 37:3-4

And they will say to him, Thus said Hezekiah, A day of straits and chastisement and reproach, this day; for the sons came even to the breaking forth and not strength to bring forth.

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Blessed the man who shall trust in Jehovah, and his trust was Jehovah.

Lamentations 3:25

Good Jehovah to those waiting for him, to the soul that will seek him.

Daniel 3:28

{ Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, Blessed be their God of Shadrach,,Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent his messenger and delivered for his servants that trusted upon him, and they changed the king's word, and gave their bodies that they will not serve and prostrate themselves to any god, except to their God.}

Daniel 6:23

At that time the king rejoiced greatly for him, and to Daniel he said to be taken up from the den. And Daniel was taken up from the den, and any hurt was not found upon him, for he trusted in his God.

Matthew 7:23

And then shall I confess to them that I never knew you. Go away from me, ye working iniqnity.

Matthew 27:43

He trusted upon God; let him now deliver him, if he desires him: for he said, That I am the Son of God.

John 10:14

I am the good shepherd, and I know mine, and am known by mine.

Romans 11:22

Behold then the goodness and severity of God: truly upon the fallen, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou continue in goodness: otherwise shalt thou also be cut off.

Galatians 4:9

And now, having known God, and rather known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and poor elements, to which again ye wish anew to be in a servile condition

1 John 4:8-10

He not loving knows not God; for God is love.

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