Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.

New American Standard Bible

Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity,
And revive me in Your ways.

King James Version

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Holman Bible

Turn my eyes
from looking at what is worthless;
give me life in Your ways.

International Standard Version

Turn my eyes away from gazing at worthless things, and revive me by your ways.

A Conservative Version

Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and enliven me in thy ways.

American Standard Version

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.

Amplified


Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],
And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.

Bible in Basic English

Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.

Julia Smith Translation

Cause mine eyes to pass from seeing vanity; make me live in thy way.

King James 2000

Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and revive me in your way.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Turn away my eyes from looking at [what is] worthless; revive me in your ways.

Modern King James verseion

Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity; in Your way give me life.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

NET Bible

Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word!

New Heart English Bible

Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

The Emphasized Bible

Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.

Webster

Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and revive thou me in thy way.

World English Bible

Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

Youngs Literal Translation

Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.

References

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Fausets

Verse Info

Context Readings

HeÊ&Frac14;

36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain. 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way. 38 Establish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.


Cross References

Isaiah 33:15

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil:

Psalm 119:25

DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word.

Proverbs 23:5

wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

Numbers 15:39

and it shall be unto you for a tassel, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye seek not after the lusts of your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye go a whoring;

Joshua 7:21

I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

2 Samuel 11:2

And it came to pass at evening time that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful;

Job 31:1

I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?

Psalm 71:20

Thou, who hast shewn us many and sore troubles, wilt revive us again, and wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth;

Psalm 119:40

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

Proverbs 4:25

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Matthew 5:28

But I say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

1 John 2:16

because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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