Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

New American Standard Bible

There they are in great dread,
For God is with the righteous generation.

King James Version

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Holman Bible

Then they will be filled with terror,
for God is with those who are righteous.

International Standard Version

There they are seized with terror, because God is with those who are righteous.

American Standard Version

There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.

Amplified


There they tremble with great fear,
For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation.

Bible in Basic English

Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright.

Darby Translation

There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Julia Smith Translation

There they feared a fear: for God is in the generation of the just one.

King James 2000

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Lexham Expanded Bible

There {they are very fearful} because God [is] with [the] generation of [the] righteous.

Modern King James verseion

There they were in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

NET Bible

They are absolutely terrified, for God defends the godly.

New Heart English Bible

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

The Emphasized Bible

There have they been in great dread, because, God, is in the circle of the righteous man.

Webster

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

World English Bible

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Youngs Literal Translation

There they have feared a fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

A Portrait Of Sinners

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon LORD? 5 There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous. 6 Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor because LORD is his refuge.


Cross References

Psalm 73:15

If I had said, I will speak thus, behold, I would have dealt treacherously with the generation of thy sons.

Psalm 24:6

This is the generation of those who seek after him, who seek thy face, [even] Jacob. Selah.

Psalm 112:2

His seed shall be mighty upon earth. The generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Exodus 15:16

Terror and dread falls upon them. By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone, till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over whom thou have purchased.

Esther 8:7

Then the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

Psalm 22:30

A seed shall serve him. It shall be told of LORD to the [next] generation.

Psalm 46:5

God is in the midst of her. She shall not be moved. God will help her, and that right early.

Psalm 46:7

LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 46:11

LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 53:5

There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against thee. Thou have put them to shame because God has rejected them.

Proverbs 1:26-27

I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes,

Proverbs 28:1

A wicked man flees when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nothing. Speak the word, and it shall not stand, for God is with us.

Isaiah 12:6

Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion, for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 41:10

Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee. Yea, I will help thee. Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 43:1-2

But now thus says LORD who created thee, O Jacob, and he who formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy name, Thou are mine.

Matthew 1:23

Behold, the virgin will have in her womb, and will bring forth a son. And they will call his name Immanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us.

1 Peter 2:9

But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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