Parallel Verses

King James Version

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

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.

Julia Smith Translation

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

Usage: 0

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 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. 7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.



Cross References

Psalm 1:6

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly 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 them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

2 Timothy 2:19

Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

Psalm 25:8

Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

Psalm 100:5

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Isaiah 25:4

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

John 10:27

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

1 Chronicles 5:20

And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

1 Chronicles 16:34

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Chronicles 16:8-9

Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.

2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 32:11

Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

2 Chronicles 32:21

And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

Ezra 3:11

And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

Psalm 18:1-2

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,} I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

Psalm 20:1

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

Psalm 27:5

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

Psalm 50:15

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

Psalm 59:16

But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

Psalm 62:6-8

He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

Psalm 71:3

Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

Psalm 84:11-12

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Psalm 86:7

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

Psalm 91:1-2

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm 91:15

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

Psalm 136:1-26

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 144:1-2

{A Psalm of David.} Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

Psalm 145:6-10

And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

Proverbs 18:10

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Isaiah 26:1-4

In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

Isaiah 32:2

And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Isaiah 37:3-4

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

Lamentations 3:25

The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Daniel 3:28

Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Daniel 6:23

Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

Matthew 7:23

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Matthew 27:43

He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

John 10:14

I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

Romans 11:22

Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

Galatians 4:9

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

1 John 4:8-10

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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