Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Hallelujah! How happy is the person who fears the LORD, who truly delights in his commandments.

New American Standard Bible

Praise the Lord!
How blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who greatly delights in His commandments.

King James Version

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Holman Bible

Hallelujah!
Happy is the man who fears the Lord,
taking great delight in His commands.

A Conservative Version

Praise ye LORD. Blessed is the man who fears LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.

American Standard Version

Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Amplified

Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience],
Who delights greatly in His commandments.

Bible in Basic English

Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.

Darby Translation

Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Julia Smith Translation

Praise ye Jah. Happy the man fearing Jehovah, delighting greatly in his commands..

King James 2000

Praise you the LORD. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, that delights greatly in his commandments.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Praise Yah! Blessed [is the] man [who] fears Yahweh; he takes great delight in his commands.

Modern King James verseion

Praise Jehovah! Blessed is the man who fears Jehovah, who delights greatly in His Commandments.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{Praise the Everlasting} Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, and hath great delight in his commandments.

NET Bible

Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

New Heart English Bible

Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.

The Emphasized Bible

Praise ye Yah! How happy is the man who revereth Yahweh, In his commandments, delighteth he greatly;

Webster

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

World English Bible

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

Youngs Literal Translation

Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ye the Lord
יהּ 
Yahh 
Usage: 49

אשׁר 
'esher 
Usage: 45

is the man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

the Lord

Usage: 0

חפץ 
Chaphets 
Usage: 76

References

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

The Path Of The Righteous And The Path Of The Wicked

1 Hallelujah! How happy is the person who fears the LORD, who truly delights in his commandments. 2 His descendants will be powerful in the land, a generation of the upright who will be blessed.


Cross References

Psalm 128:1

How blessed are all who fear the LORD as they follow in his ways.

Psalm 119:16

I am delighted with your statutes; I will not forget your word. Gimmel

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; sound understanding belongs to those who practice it. Praise of God endures forever.

Psalm 1:1-2

How blessed is the person, who does not take the advice of the wicked, who does not stand on the path with sinners, and who does not sit in the seat of mockers.

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do your will, my God. Your Law is part of my inner being."

Psalm 111:1

Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all of my heart in the assembled congregation of the upright.

Psalm 115:7-13

They have hands, but cannot touch; feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even groan with their throats.

Psalm 119:14

I find joy in the path of your decrees, as if I owned all kinds of riches.

Psalm 119:35

Help me live my life by your commands, because my joy is in them.

Psalm 119:47-48

I will take delight in your commands, which I love.

Psalm 119:70-72

Their minds are clogged as with greasy fat, but I find joy in your instruction.

Psalm 119:97

How I love your instruction! Every day it is my meditation.

Psalm 119:143

Though trouble and anguish overwhelm me, your commands remain my delight.

Psalm 145:19

He fulfills the desire of those who fear him, hearing their cry and saving them.

Psalm 147:1

Hallelujah! It is good to sing praise to our God, and it is fitting to sing glorious praise.

Psalm 148:11-14

earthly kings and all nations, nobles and all court officials of the earth,

Psalm 150:1

Hallelujah! Praise God in his Holy Place. Praise him in his great expanse.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the LORD, obeying the voice of his servant, who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God.

Luke 1:50

His mercy lasts from generation to generation for those who fear him.

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the Law of God in my inner being,

Romans 8:6

To focus our minds on the human nature leads to death, but to focus our minds on the Spirit leads to life and peace.

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