Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

The righteousness of your unchanging word is eternal; give me wisdom so that I may have life.

New American Standard Bible

Your testimonies are righteous forever;
Give me understanding that I may live.

King James Version

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

Holman Bible

Your decrees are righteous forever.
Give me understanding, and I will live.

International Standard Version

Your righteous decrees are eternal; give me understanding, and I will live. Qof

A Conservative Version

Thy testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, and I shall live.

American Standard Version

Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.

Amplified


Your righteous testimonies are everlasting;
Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] that I may live.

Darby Translation

The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

Julia Smith Translation

Justice is thy testimonies forever: cause me to understand and I shall live.

King James 2000

The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The righteousness of your testimonies [is] forever; give me understanding that I may live.

Modern King James verseion

The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding, and I shall live.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting; O grant me understanding, and I shall live.

NET Bible

Your rules remain just. Give me insight so that I can live.

New Heart English Bible

Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

The Emphasized Bible

Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age-abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.

Webster

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

World English Bible

Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF

Youngs Literal Translation

The righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live!

Verse Info

Context Readings

Tsade

143 Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight. 144 The righteousness of your unchanging word is eternal; give me wisdom so that I may have life. 145 I have made my prayer with all my heart; give answer to me, O Lord: I will keep your rules.


Cross References

Psalm 19:9

The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

Psalm 119:34

Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.

Psalm 119:66

Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings.

Psalm 119:73

Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching.

Psalm 119:138

You have given your unchanging word in righteousness, and it is for ever.

Psalm 119:152

I have long had knowledge that your unchanging word is for ever.

Psalm 119:169

Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me wisdom in keeping with your word.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

Isaiah 6:9-10

And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.

Isaiah 27:11

When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.

Jeremiah 4:22

For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

Daniel 12:10

Till a number are tested and make themselves clean; and the evil-doers will do evil; for not one of the evil-doers will have knowledge; but all will be made clear to those who are wise.

Hosea 4:6

Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.

Matthew 5:18

Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.

Matthew 13:19

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:6

Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:23-25

Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.

1 John 5:20-21

And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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